Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2176453
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 18 Aug 2019
Introduced: 18 Aug 2019
CVE-2017-18551 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated.
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48073202?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18551
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.15
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=89c6efa61f5709327ecfa24bff18e57a4e80c7fa
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4060
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48073202?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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