Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (17th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-2020786
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 Aug 2019
Introduced: 28 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-14816 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is heap-based buffer overflow in kernel, all versions up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell wifi chip driver in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a denial of service(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14816
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14816
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3RUDQJXRJQVGHCGR4YZWTQ3ECBI7TXH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4JZ6AEUKFWBHQAROGMQARJ274PQP2QP/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14816
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7caac62ed598a196d6ddf8d9c121e12e082cac3
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744149
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7caac62ed598a196d6ddf8d9c121e12e082cac3a
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3RUDQJXRJQVGHCGR4YZWTQ3ECBI7TXH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4JZ6AEUKFWBHQAROGMQARJ274PQP2QP/
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