Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELHEADERS-3276506
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed24 Feb 2022

Introduced: 24 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-25636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1550.

NVD Description

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

net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel 5.4 through 5.6.10 allows local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of-bounds write. This is related to nf_tables_offload.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1