Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.118.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULT-5418504
  • published12 Apr 2023
  • disclosed6 Jul 2023

Introduced: 12 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-1078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default to version 5.3.18-150300.59.118.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default package and not the kernel-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel in RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol. The rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() uses list_entry() on the head of a list causing a type confusion. Local user can trigger this with rds_message_put(). Type confusion leads to struct rds_msg_zcopy_info *info actually points to something else that is potentially controlled by local user. It is known how to trigger this, which causes an out of bounds access, and a lock corruption.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1