Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-24.43.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-3260543
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Dec 2020

Introduced: 10 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-24.43.2 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 romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

CVSS Scores

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