Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDOC-3138039
  • published16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed1 Sept 2022

Introduced: 1 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-2639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-doc to version 0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-8267.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer coercion error was found in the openvswitch kernel module. Given a sufficiently large number of actions, while copying and reserving memory for a new action of a new flow, the reserve_sfa_size() function does not return -EMSGSIZE as expected, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds write access. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

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