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Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <4.12.14-25.3.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELOBSBUILD-2763920
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 27 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-5848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-obs-build to version 4.12.14-25.3.1 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.

In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.