Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-1980381
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Sept 2017

Introduced: 22 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-16530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The uas driver in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h and drivers/usb/storage/uas.c.

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