Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.17.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005654
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13406  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.17.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function in drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.4 could result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used.

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