Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONAARCH64-3329233
  • published22 Feb 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2022

Introduced: 22 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 0:4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:0832.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

CVSS Scores

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