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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-10774: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2020-4431)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-10774: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2020-4431)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/27/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

A memory disclosure flaw was found in the Linux kernel's versions before 4.18.0-193.el8 in the sysctl subsystem when reading the /proc/sys/kernel/rh_features file. This flaw allows a local user to read uninitialized values from the kernel memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Solution(s)

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

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