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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-25636: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2022-1550)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-25636: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2022-1550)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/24/2022
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel 5.4 through 5.6.10 allows local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of-bounds write. This is related to nf_tables_offload.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

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