Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8
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0.07% (33rd
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULESEXTRA-2054366
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 5 May 2020
Introduced: 5 May 2020
CVE-2020-12659 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 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 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12659
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207225
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.6.7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4387-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4388-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4389-1/
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