Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-3288310
  • published 3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 14 May 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:2570.

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.

In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

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

7.7 high
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Red Hat

7.8 high