Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.18.0-193.el8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004436
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 May 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 May 2021

CVE-2020-10774  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-805  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value. A memory disclosure flaw was found in the Linux kernel's versions before 4.18.0-193.el8 in the sysctl subsystem when reading the /proc/sys/kernel/rh_features file. This flaw allows a local user to read uninitialized values from the kernel memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

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