Missing Authorization Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-24.9.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-2709064
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Aug 2020

Introduced: 3 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-24.9.2 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 drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1