Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNEL-4855029
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Oct 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1062.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to wrong data type of size, allocation size gets truncated which makes allocation succeed when it should fail.