Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-24.96.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-2653037
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2021

Introduced: 6 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-43389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-24.96.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.15. There is an array-index-out-of-bounds flaw in the detach_capi_ctr function in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c.

CVSS Scores

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