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Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-1332519
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2019
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Introduced: 2 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15291 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the flexcop_usb_probe function in the drivers/media/usb/b2c2/flexcop-usb.c driver.

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