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Red Hat: CVE-2020-36386: CVE-2020-36386 kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() in net/bluetooth/hci_event.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-36386: CVE-2020-36386 kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() in net/bluetooth/hci_event.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/07/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8.1. net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt, aka CID-51c19bf3d5cf.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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