Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.171-136.231.amzn2
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 4 Sep 2019
Introduced: 4 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-15918 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.171-136.231.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1399.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. SMB2_negotiate in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c has an out-of-bounds read because data structures are incompletely updated after a change from smb30 to smb21.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15918
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.10
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b57a55e2200ede754e4dc9cce4ba9402544b9365
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/