SB2022011155 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time 8.2 update for kernel-rt 



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

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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.