Memory Leak Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELRTDEBUG-8097337
  • published26 Sept 2024
  • disclosed22 Aug 2024

Introduced: 22 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-48905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7933.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ibmvnic: free reset-work-item when flushing

Fix a tiny memory leak when flushing the reset work queue.

CVSS Scores

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