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High ALSA-2022:7185 1 CVE

Important: device-mapper-multipath security update

Published Oct 25, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools that use the device-mapper multipath kernel module to manage multipath devices.

Security Fix(es):

* device-mapper-multipath: Authorization bypass, multipathd daemon listens for client connections on an abstract Unix socket (CVE-2022-41974)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 device-mapper-multipath 0.8.7-7.el9_0.1
AlmaLinux · 9 device-mapper-multipath-devel 0.8.7-7.el9_0.1
AlmaLinux · 9 device-mapper-multipath-libs 0.8.7-7.el9_0.1
AlmaLinux · 9 kpartx 0.8.7-7.el9_0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-41974
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2133988
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-7185.html