Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEVEL-7041128
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed22 May 2024

Introduced: 22 May 2024

CVE-2021-47485  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields

Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places doing math on user controlled buffers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1