Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-6472264
- published 20 Mar 2024
- disclosed 23 Mar 2023
Introduced: 23 Mar 2023
CVE-2023-28772 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1404.
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 before 5.13.3. lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28772
- https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210626032156.47889-1-yun.zhou@windriver.com
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210625122453.5e2fe304@oasis.local.home/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d3b16034a24a112bb83aeb669ac5b9b01f744bb7
- https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210626032156.47889-1-yun.zhou%40windriver.com
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210625122453.5e2fe304%40oasis.local.home/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0005/
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