Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004781
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2013

CVE-2011-3619  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not properly handle invalid parameters, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a /proc/#####/attr/current file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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