Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006385
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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