Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-4250531
- published 21 Jan 2022
- disclosed 14 Oct 2021
Introduced: 14 Oct 2021
CVE-2022-0322 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1988.
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.
A flaw was found in the sctp_make_strreset_req function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP network protocol in the Linux kernel with a local user privilege access. In this flaw, an attempt to use more buffer than is allocated triggers a BUG_ON issue, leading to a denial of service (DOS).
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0322
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1988
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2042822
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a2d859e3fc97e79d907761550dbc03ff1b36479c
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html