Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-6388075
  • published 5 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 2 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: uvcvideo: Fix OOB read

If the index provided by the user is bigger than the mask size, we might do an out of bound read.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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