Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-3739858
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Aug 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1769.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.12. In the qedi_dbg_* family of functions, there is an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.7 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.7 medium
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SUSE

6.1 medium