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SUSE: CVE-2018-5332: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-5332: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/09/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

In the Linux kernel through 3.2, the rds_message_alloc_sgs() function does not validate a value that is used during DMA page allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write (related to the rds_rdma_extra_size function in net/rds/rdma.c).

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-2018:0383-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0416-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0482-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0660-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0841-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1
  • USN-3617-1
  • USN-3617-2
  • USN-3617-3
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3620-1
  • USN-3620-2
  • USN-3632-1
  • DSA-4187
  • CVE-2018-5332
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