CVE-2022-4129

high

Published 2023-05-09 · Modified 2023-05-12

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description kernel: l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference CVSS v3: 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) Errata / fixed releases ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8RHSA-2023:27362023-05-16T00:00:00Z Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

Description

kernel: l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference

CVSS v3: 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Errata / fixed releases

Product	Package	Advisory	Released
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8`	RHSA-2023:2736	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8`	RHSA-2023:2951	2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support	`kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6`	RHSA-2024:0412	2024-01-25T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2`	RHSA-2023:2458	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2`	RHSA-2023:2148	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2`	RHSA-2023:2458	2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6`	RHSA-2024:0412	2024-01-25T00:00:00Z

Package state

Product	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	`kernel`	Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`kernel`	Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`kernel-rt`	Out of support scope

Apply commands

bash fix

Apply RHSA-2023:2736 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

yum update -y kernel-rt
# or:
dnf upgrade -y kernel-rt

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`kernel-doc-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.noarch.rpm`
8	Fixed	`kernel-doc-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.noarch.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.1.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.1.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.1.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.10.178-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.4-1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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