Double Free Affecting kernel-preempt package, versions <5.3.18-59.34.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELPREEMPT-2656562
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Nov 2021

Introduced: 16 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-37159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-preempt to version 5.3.18-59.34.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-preempt package and not the kernel-preempt package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

hso_free_net_device in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.4 calls unregister_netdev without checking for the NETREG_REGISTERED state, leading to a use-after-free and a double free.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1