Use After Free Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.134.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELSYMS-3061333
  • published25 Oct 2022
  • disclosed24 Oct 2022

Introduced: 24 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-41218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-syms 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-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.10, there is a use-after-free caused by refcount races, affecting dvb_demux_open and dvb_dmxdev_release.

CVSS Scores

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