Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.15.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006722
  • published 18 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 18 Mar 2022
  • credit Jan Kara

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.15.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow due to the fs/quota/quota_tree.c function that does not validate the block number in the quota tree (on disk). Exploiting this vulnerability can, for example, lead to a kernel/locking/rwsem.c use-after-free if there is a corrupted quota file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

5.5 medium
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SUSE

5.1 medium
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Red Hat

5.1 medium