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Race Condition Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4

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-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-3289919
  • published 3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 3 Mar 2022
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Introduced: 3 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-3609 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:3057.

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 flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • 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