Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-default-devel package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.63.1


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-KERNELDEFAULTDEVEL-2638313
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Apr 2022

Introduced: 13 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27666  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default-devel to version 5.3.18-150300.59.63.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.

CVSS Scores

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