Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.86% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2157362
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

8.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9.8 critical
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SUSE

7.3 high
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Red Hat

8.4 high