Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <4.12.14-25.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELMACROS-2763462
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-5803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-macros to version 4.12.14-25.3.1 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.

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

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