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Race Condition Affecting kernel-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-3194663
  • published 5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 22 Dec 2021
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Introduced: 22 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-44733 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-extra 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-extra package and not the kernel-debug-modules-extra package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free exists in drivers/tee/tee_shm.c in the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11. This occurs because of a race condition in tee_shm_get_from_id during an attempt to free a shared memory object.

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

4.2 medium
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Red Hat

7.4 high