Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.10-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3001220
  • published29 Aug 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-20166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds due to a heap buffer overflow, given that attacker has local user access and permissions to read files under the /sysfs mount point.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1