Out-of-bounds Read Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.11.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005952
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Mar 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-27364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.11.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged user to craft Netlink messages.

References

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