Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation
/dev/vtpmx is made visible before ‘workqueue’ is initialized, which can lead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario.
Address this by initializing ‘workqueue’ as the very first step of the driver initialization.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.14.0 (+1 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix a race condition in /dev/vtpmx creation
/dev/vtpmx is made visible before ‘workqueue’ is initialized, which can lead to a memory corruption in the worst case scenario.
Address this by initializing ‘workqueue’ as the very first step of the driver initialization.