Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.5.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006690
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Feb 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-9383  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.5.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.

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