Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-7597434
- published 5 Aug 2024
- disclosed 30 Jul 2024
Introduced: 30 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-42159 Open this link in a new tabHow 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:
scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys
Information is stored in mr_sas_port->phy_mask, values larger then size of this field shouldn't be allowed.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42159
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3668651def2c1622904e58b0280ee93121f2b10b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/586b41060113ae43032ec6c4a16d518cef5da6e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b869ec89d2ee923d46608b76e54c006680c9b4df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8707901b53a48106d7501bdbd0350cefaefa4cf
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