Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-7969571
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed5 Dec 2018

Introduced: 5 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1070.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1