Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006278
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.

CVSS Base Scores

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