Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.148.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-5417675
  • published11 Apr 2023
  • disclosed6 Jul 2023

Introduced: 11 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-28772  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150200.24.148.1 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 5.13.3. lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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