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Red Hat: CVE-2019-9458: CVE-2019-9458 kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-9458: CVE-2019-9458 kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/06/2019
Created
07/08/2020
Added
07/08/2020
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

In the Android kernel in the video driver there is a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Solution(s)

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

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