Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-debug-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGCORE-3198825
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed25 Mar 2022

Introduced: 25 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-0494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-372.32.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7110.

NVD Description

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

A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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