Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-9600752
  • published2 Apr 2025
  • disclosed23 Jan 2024

Introduced: 23 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-23848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:5.14.0-427.62.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:3510.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel through 6.7.1, there is a use-after-free in cec_queue_msg_fh, related to drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c and drivers/media/cec/core/cec-api.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1