Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-2834529
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 18 Jul 2017
Introduced: 18 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11473 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-doc.
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.
Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100010
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=70ac67826602edf8c0ccb413e5ba7eacf597a60c
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=96301209473afd3f2f274b91cb7082d161b9be65
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11473
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dad5ab0db8deac535d03e3fe3d8f2892173fa6a4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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