Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-220.23.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELFIRMWARE-1442152
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Apr 2012

Introduced: 16 Apr 2012

CVE-2012-2119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-220.23.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-firmware package and not the kernel-firmware package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, allows privileged KVM guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long descriptor with a long vector length.

CVSS Scores

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