Race Condition Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-195-default package, versions <5-13.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH41214195DEFAULT-3256424
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Aug 2019

Introduced: 28 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-13233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-195-default to version 5-13.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-195-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-195-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry because of a race condition between modify_ldt() and a #BR exception for an MPX bounds violation.