Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.14-rc1,5.15-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2990193
  • published24 Aug 2022
  • disclosed24 Aug 2022
  • creditDavid Malcolm from Red Hat

Introduced: 24 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-3736  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.15-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure via mbochs_ioctl of samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices, allowing a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.

CVSS Base Scores

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