Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELTOOLS-7261991
  • published 15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 27 Feb 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:3618.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: validate user data in compat ioctl

Wrong user data may cause warning in i2c_transfer(), ex: zero msgs. Userspace should not be able to trigger warnings, so this patch adds validation checks for user data in compact ioctl to prevent reported warnings

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

3.3 low
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Red Hat

4.4 medium