Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-debug-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGCORE-3196306
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed22 Dec 2021

Introduced: 22 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-44733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1975.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-core package and not the kernel-rt-debug-core 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