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SUSE: CVE-2017-8831: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-8831: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/15/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2286-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2694-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2869-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2908-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2956-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:3265-1
  • USN-3420-1
  • USN-3420-2
  • USN-3754-1
  • CVE-2017-8831
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