Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-7259702
  • published15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed24 Apr 2023

Introduced: 24 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-31083  (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-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:2950.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. In hci_uart_tty_ioctl, there is a race condition between HCIUARTSETPROTO and HCIUARTGETPROTO. HCI_UART_PROTO_SET is set before hu->proto is set. A NULL pointer dereference may occur.

CVSS Scores

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