Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.11.1


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-SLES154-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-2958517
  • published22 Jul 2022
  • disclosed21 Jul 2022

Introduced: 21 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-1508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-default-extra to version 5.14.21-150400.24.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s io_uring module in the way a user triggers the io_read() function with some special parameters. This flaw allows a local user to read some memory out of bounds.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1