Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package, versions <6-16.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELLIVEPATCH4121423DEFAULT-2758861
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2018

Introduced: 23 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-18386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default to version 6-16.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-23-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11 allows local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ.