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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-12659: kernel: xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write which could result in crash and data coruption

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2020-12659: kernel: xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write which could result in crash and data coruption

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
03/13/2021
Added
03/12/2021
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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