SB2022011155 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 8.2 update for kernel-rt
Published: January 11, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022011155
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36322)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in the FUSE filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel due to fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger kernel crash.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU58207 (CVE-2021-28950).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.