Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-azure package, versions <5.14.21-150500.33.3.1


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-SLES155-KERNELAZURE-6369410
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed27 Jun 2023

Introduced: 27 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-1513  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-azure to version 5.14.21-150500.33.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure package and not the kernel-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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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