Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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- published 5 Jan 2023
- disclosed 4 Mar 2022
Introduced: 4 Mar 2022
CVE-2021-3744 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-modules 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-modules package and not the kernel-debug-modules package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3744
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-3744.json
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7BLLVKYAIETEORUPTFO3TR3C33ZPFXQM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAT3RERO6QBKSPJBNNRWY3D4NCGTFOS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYKURLXBB2555ASWMPDNMBUPD6AG2JKQ/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1975
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1988
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3744
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/14/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2000627
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505d9dcb0f7ddf9d075e729523a33d38642ae680
- https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6/+/505d9dcb0f7ddf9d075e729523a33d38642ae680%5E%21/#F0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7BLLVKYAIETEORUPTFO3TR3C33ZPFXQM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAT3RERO6QBKSPJBNNRWY3D4NCGTFOS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYKURLXBB2555ASWMPDNMBUPD6AG2JKQ/
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q3/164
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html