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


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-3196214
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed25 Mar 2022

Introduced: 25 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-4203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 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-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free read flaw was found in sock_getsockopt() in net/core/sock.c due to SO_PEERCRED and SO_PEERGROUPS race with listen() (and connect()) in the Linux kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a user privileges may crash the system or leak internal kernel information.

CVSS Scores

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