Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.21.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELDEFAULT-3026305
  • published17 Sept 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2022

Introduced: 16 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-2639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-681  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-default to version 5.14.21-150400.24.21.2 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:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer coercion error was found in the openvswitch kernel module. Given a sufficiently large number of actions, while copying and reserving memory for a new action of a new flow, the reserve_sfa_size() function does not return -EMSGSIZE as expected, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds write access. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Scores

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