Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.15.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004391
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.15.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.

CVSS Scores

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