NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDOC-2093760
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Mar 2020
Introduced: 12 Mar 2020
CVE-2020-11608 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-305.el8 or higher.
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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.1. drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c allows NULL pointer dereferences in ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs when there are zero endpoints, aka CID-998912346c0d.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200430-0004/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11608
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=998912346c0da53a6dbb71fab3a138586b596b30
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1578
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4345-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4364-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4368-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4369-1/
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