Race Condition Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.139.1


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-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-3178883
  • published21 Dec 2022
  • disclosed20 Dec 2022

Introduced: 20 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-40307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150200.24.139.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a race condition with a resultant use-after-free.

CVSS Scores

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