CVE-2024-35983 Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-6944261
  • published21 May 2024
  • disclosed20 May 2024

Introduced: 20 May 2024

CVE-2024-35983  (opens 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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bounds: Use the right number of bits for power-of-two CONFIG_NR_CPUS

bits_per() rounds up to the next power of two when passed a power of two. This causes crashes on some machines and configurations.

CVSS Scores

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