Missing Initialization of Resource Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.25,5.12.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006671
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-34693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-909  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.12.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Initialization of Resource net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory because parts of a data structure are uninitialized.

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