Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-6598451
  • published12 Apr 2024
  • disclosed10 Apr 2024

Introduced: 10 Apr 2024

CVE-2021-47210  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-tools-libs-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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:

usb: typec: tipd: Remove WARN_ON in tps6598x_block_read

Calling tps6598x_block_read with a higher than allowed len can be handled by just returning an error. There's no need to crash systems with panic-on-warn enabled.

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