Race Condition Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.134.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELSOURCE-3061401
  • published25 Oct 2022
  • disclosed24 Oct 2022

Introduced: 24 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-41849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-source to version 5.3.18-150200.24.134.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.

CVSS Scores

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