Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.14.113,4.14.233)[4.19.19,4.19.190)[5.0,5.4.117)[5.10,5.10.35)[5.11,5.11.19)[5.12,5.12.2)


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-6354183
  • published1 Mar 2024
  • disclosed27 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-46974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.14.233, 4.19.190, 5.4.117, 5.10.35, 5.11.19, 5.12.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write due to improper handling of masking negation logic upon a negative destination register. An attacker with local access can cause a denial of service by exploiting this flaw.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1