Missing Initialization of Resource Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005905
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Aug 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-3655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-909  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Initialization of Resource. A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in versions prior to v5.14-rc1. Missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets may allow the kernel to read uninitialized memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1