Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRT-7780713
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5102.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_expr_type_get()

nft_unregister_expr() can concurrent with __nft_expr_type_get(), and there is not any protection when iterate over nf_tables_expressions list in __nft_expr_type_get(). Therefore, there is potential data-race of nf_tables_expressions list entry.

Use list_for_each_entry_rcu() to iterate over nf_tables_expressions list in __nft_expr_type_get(), and use rcu_read_lock() in the caller nft_expr_type_get() to protect the entire type query process.

CVSS Base Scores

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