Buffer Overflow Affecting dlm-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-24.49.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-DLMKMPDEFAULT-2689474
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2021

Introduced: 9 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-25211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 dlm-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-24.49.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dlm-kmp-default package and not the dlm-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.

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