Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.126.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDEVEL-2980722
  • published16 Aug 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2022

Introduced: 15 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-4157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-devel to version 5.3.18-150200.24.126.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An out of memory bounds write flaw (1 or 2 bytes of memory) in the Linux kernel NFS subsystem was found in the way users use mirroring (replication of files with NFS). A user, having access to the NFS mount, could potentially use this flaw to crash the system or escalate privileges on the system.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1