Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <4.12.14-197.45.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELSYMS-3254232
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jun 2020

Introduced: 10 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-syms to version 4.12.14-197.45.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux kernel through 5.6.10. Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka CID-d0c7feaf8767.

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