Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.4-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6349062
  • published1 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52474  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.4-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write due to the handling of non-PAGE_SIZE-end multi-iovec user SDMA requests. An attacker can cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting specific SDMA requests.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1