Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.0,4.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005044
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Oct 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-5707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

CVSS Base Scores

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