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Race Condition Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.16-rc4)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (9th percentile)
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NVD
7 high
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SUSE
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2933528
  • published 22 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 22 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-4083 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.16-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition in the garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously.