Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-5832039
  • published21 Apr 2023
  • disclosed16 Mar 2023

Introduced: 16 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-2194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-477.21.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:4517.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-modules-extra package and not the kernel-debug-modules-extra package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's SLIMpro I2C device driver. The userspace "data->block[0]" variable was not capped to a number between 0-255 and was used as the size of a memcpy, possibly writing beyond the end of dma_buffer. This flaw could allow a local privileged user to crash the system or potentially achieve code execution.

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