Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-devel-azure package, versions <4.12.14-8.33.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEVELAZURE-2709528
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jun 2020

Introduced: 10 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12653  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-devel-azure to version 4.12.14-8.33.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel-azure package and not the kernel-devel-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

CVSS Scores

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