Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-1985836
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 24 Apr 2017
Introduced: 24 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8831 Open this link in a new tabHow 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 saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619
- https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002c
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8831
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/