Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting kernel-default-base package, versions <4.12.14-150100.197.114.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEFAULTBASE-2931672
  • published18 Jun 2022
  • disclosed17 Jun 2022

Introduced: 17 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-1974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-default-base to version 4.12.14-150100.197.114.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-base package and not the kernel-default-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFC core functionality due to a race condition between kobject creation and delete. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege to leak kernel information.

CVSS Scores

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