CVE-2023-52602 Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.59.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDOCS-6747346
  • published1 May 2024
  • disclosed30 Apr 2024

Introduced: 30 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-52602  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-docs to version 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds Read in dtSearch

Currently while searching for current page in the sorted entry table of the page there is a out of bound access. Added a bound check to fix the error.

Dave: Set return code to -EIO

CVSS Scores

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