Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELHEADERS-6388112
  • published5 Mar 2024
  • disclosed2 Mar 2024

Introduced: 2 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-52565  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3618.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers 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:

media: uvcvideo: Fix OOB read

If the index provided by the user is bigger than the mask size, we might do an out of bound read.

CVSS Scores

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