Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <4.12.14-150.52.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELOBSBUILD-2731228
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Jun 2020

Introduced: 18 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-8992  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-obs-build to version 4.12.14-150.52.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

CVSS Scores

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