Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-abi-stablelists package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.13.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELABISTABLELISTS-3191951
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed23 Mar 2022

Introduced: 23 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-27666  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:4.18.0-372.13.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:5316.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-stablelists package and not the kernel-abi-stablelists package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.

CVSS Scores

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