Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.94.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDOCS-8734672
  • published19 Feb 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2024-56596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-docs to version 5.14.21-150500.55.94.1 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 array-index-out-of-bounds in jfs_readdir

The stbl might contain some invalid values. Added a check to return error code in that case.

CVSS Scores

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