Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-1519704
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-1127.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1016.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.8 reads if_num from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds (OOB) read that potentially allows arbitrary read in the kernel address space.