Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-7260424
  • published15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed11 Jan 2024

Introduced: 11 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-51780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 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-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.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.6.8. do_vcc_ioctl in net/atm/ioctl.c has a use-after-free because of a vcc_recvmsg race condition.

CVSS Scores

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