Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-3370967
  • published24 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Mar 2023

Introduced: 23 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28772  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6901.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-devel package and not the kernel-rt-debug-devel 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.

CVSS Scores

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