Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-2055986
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Dec 2019

Introduced: 28 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20054  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel before 5.0.6, there is a NULL pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c, related to put_links, aka CID-23da9588037e.

CVSS Scores

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