Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.19-rc6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2953236
  • published19 Jul 2022
  • disclosed19 Jul 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2022

CVE-2021-33655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.19-rc6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read when sending malicious data to the kernel by ioctl cmd FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO

References

CVSS Base Scores

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