Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUG-3772896
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 27 Jan 2020
Introduced: 27 Jan 2020
CVE-2020-12653 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug to version 0:4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3010.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12653
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b70261a288ea4d2f4ac7cd04be08a9f0f2de4f4d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b70261a288ea4d2f4ac7cd04be08a9f0f2de4f4d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/08/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3010
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html