Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.3.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004979
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.3.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. In the Linux kernel through 5.3.8, f->fmt.sdr.reserved is uninitialized in rcar_drif_g_fmt_sdr_cap in drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c, which could cause a memory disclosure problem.

CVSS Base Scores

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