Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.12.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005103
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-14051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.12.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. An integer overflow in the qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access.

CVSS Base Scores

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