Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.88.1


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-SLES155-KERNELMACROS-8519450
  • published18 Dec 2024
  • disclosed17 Dec 2024

Introduced: 17 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2022-48966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 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:

net: mvneta: Prevent out of bounds read in mvneta_config_rss()

The pp->indir[0] value comes from the user. It is passed to:

if (cpu_online(pp-&gt;rxq_def))

inside the mvneta_percpu_elect() function. It needs bounds checkeding to ensure that it is not beyond the end of the cpu bitmap.

CVSS Scores

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