Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.18.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005847
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Oct 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-14656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.18.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A missing address check in the callers of the show_opcodes() in the Linux kernel allows an attacker to dump the kernel memory at an arbitrary kernel address into the dmesg log.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1