CVE-2023-52687 Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.7.4


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-SLES156-KERNELDOCS-7711558
  • published20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed25 Jun 2024

Introduced: 25 Jun 2024

CVE-2023-52687  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-docs to version 6.4.0-150600.23.7.4 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:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

crypto: safexcel - Add error handling for dma_map_sg() calls

Macro dma_map_sg() may return 0 on error. This patch enables checks in case of the macro failure and ensures unmapping of previously mapped buffers with dma_unmap_sg().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with static analysis tool SVACE.

CVSS Scores

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