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SUSE: CVE-2017-6899: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-6899: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/16/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/02/2017
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

The msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write function in drivers/platform/msm/msm_bus/msm_bus_dbg.c in android_kernel_huawei_msm8916 through 2017-06-16 in LineageOS, and possibly other kernels for MSM devices, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device crash) via a crafted /sys/kernel/debug/msm-bus-dbg/client-data/update-request write request.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libraw-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libraw-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libraw16
  • suse-upgrade-libraw9

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2300-1
  • 99107
  • CVE-2017-6899

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