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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.0-rc1,5.13-rc1)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (44th percentile)
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NVD
8 high
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SUSE
3.4 low
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2936540
  • published 29 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 28 Jun 2022
  • credit Adam Zabrocki, Alexander Matrosov, Alexander Tereshkin, Aksym Bazalii, Nikola Livic
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Introduced: 28 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-4157 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.13-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the NFS subsystem due to the way users use mirroring (replication of files with NFS).