Race Condition Affecting kernel-source-rt package, versions <5.3.18-150300.71.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELSOURCERT-2644601
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Feb 2022

Introduced: 2 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-4083  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-source-rt to version 5.3.18-150300.71.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4.

References

CVSS Scores

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