Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
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- published 5 Jan 2023
- disclosed 23 Aug 2022
Introduced: 23 Aug 2022
CVE-2022-2938 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7683.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-debuginfo package and not the kernel-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Pressure Stall Information. While the feature is disabled by default, it could allow an attacker to crash the system or have other memory-corruption side effects.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2938
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-2938.json
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a06247c6804f1a7c86a2e5398a4c1f1db1471848
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0002/