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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-33034: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-2570)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-33034: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-2570)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/14/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

Solution(s)

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

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