Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-1570874
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Sept 2019

Introduced: 4 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-15927  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-rt-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-modules-extra 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 4.20.2. An out-of-bounds access exists in the function build_audio_procunit in the file sound/usb/mixer.c.

CVSS Scores

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