Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-3194061
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed21 Jul 2022

Introduced: 21 Jul 2022

CVE-2020-36558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7444.

NVD Description

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

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

CVSS Scores

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