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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-12465: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2020:4431)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-12465: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2020:4431)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/29/2020
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/05/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

An array overflow was discovered in mt76_add_fragment in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5.10, aka CID-b102f0c522cf. An oversized packet with too many rx fragments can corrupt memory of adjacent pages.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

References

  • CVE-2020-12465

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