Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-3194898
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed25 Dec 2021

Introduced: 25 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-45486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1988.

NVD Description

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

In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak because the hash table is very small.

CVSS Scores

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