Improper Preservation of Permissions Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNEL-3276756
  • published 3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 25 Mar 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel to version 0:4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:0825.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the way a user may run malicious code on the GPU. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7 high
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Red Hat

7 high