CVE-2023-52857 Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELMACROS-7701145
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2023-52857  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-macros package and not the kernel-macros 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:

drm/mediatek: Fix coverity issue with unintentional integer overflow

  1. Instead of multiplying 2 variable of different types. Change to assign a value of one variable and then multiply the other variable.

  2. Add a int variable for multiplier calculation instead of calculating different types multiplier with dma_addr_t variable directly.

CVSS Scores

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