Missing Initialization of Resource Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-150.72.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2688819
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 May 2021

Introduced: 12 May 2021

CVE-2021-29647  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-909  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-150.72.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. qrtr_recvmsg in net/qrtr/qrtr.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because of a partially uninitialized data structure, aka CID-50535249f624.

CVSS Scores

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