Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-5808489
  • published28 Jul 2023
  • disclosed28 Jul 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3812  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Base Scores

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