Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.118.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULT-5418601
  • published12 Apr 2023
  • disclosed6 Jul 2023

Introduced: 12 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-1513  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (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 KVM. When calling the KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS ioctl, on 32-bit systems, there might be some uninitialized portions of the kvm_debugregs structure that could be copied to userspace, causing an information leak.

CVSS Scores

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