Memory Leak Affecting python3-perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON3PERF-3192046
- published 5 Jan 2023
- disclosed 23 Mar 2022
Introduced: 23 Mar 2022
CVE-2022-0854 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python3-perf 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 python3-perf package and not the python3-perf package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s DMA subsystem, in the way a user calls DMA_FROM_DEVICE. This flaw allows a local user to read random memory from the kernel space.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0854
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-0854.json
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c?h=v5.17-rc8&id=aa6f8dcbab473f3a3c7454b74caa46d36cdc5d13
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
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