Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting kernel-devel-azure package, versions <4.12.14-8.16.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEVELAZURE-2732247
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Oct 2019

Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-15118  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-devel-azure to version 4.12.14-8.16.1 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.

check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion, leading to kernel stack exhaustion.

CVSS Scores

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