Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package, versions <9-25.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELLIVEPATCH4121423DEFAULT-2754841
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Mar 2019

Introduced: 26 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-7221  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default to version 9-25.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free.

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