Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.3.18-24.24.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELSOURCE-2703011
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Oct 2020

Introduced: 8 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-26088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-source to version 5.3.18-24.24.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A missing CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation in net/nfc/rawsock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.2 could be used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms, aka CID-26896f01467a.

CVSS Scores

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