Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005796
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 May 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2020-27815  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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