Improper Resource Locking Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESCORE-5530043
  • published25 Apr 2023
  • disclosed17 Apr 2023

Introduced: 17 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-2269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-413  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.

CVSS Scores

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