Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.4.182)[4.5,4.9.182)[4.10,4.14.127)[4.15,4.19.52)[4.20,5.1.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
76.44% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004408
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Jun 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-11477  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs). A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit 3b4929f65b0d8249f19a50245cd88ed1a2f78cff.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1