Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.8.15)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.51% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005301
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-27194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.8.15 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.15. scalar32_min_max_or in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles bounds tracking during use of 64-bit values, aka CID-5b9fbeb75b6a.

CVSS Base Scores

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