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Red Hat: CVE-2021-47055: kernel: mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-47055: kernel: mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/29/2024
Created
06/07/2024
Added
06/06/2024
Modified
06/06/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls MEMLOCK, MEMUNLOCK and OTPLOCK modify protection bits. Thus require write permission. Depending on the hardware MEMLOCK might even be write-once, e.g. for SPI-NOR flashes with their WP# tied to GND. OTPLOCK is always write-once. MEMSETBADBLOCK modifies the bad block table.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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