Off-by-one Error Affecting kernel-modules-internal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESINTERNAL-6821787
  • published9 May 2024
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2022-48672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-modules-internal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-internal package and not the kernel-modules-internal 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:

of: fdt: fix off-by-one error in unflatten_dt_nodes()

Commit 78c44d910d3e ("drivers/of: Fix depth when unflattening devicetree") forgot to fix up the depth check in the loop body in unflatten_dt_nodes() which makes it possible to overflow the nps[] buffer...

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

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