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SUSE: CVE-2019-18198: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-18198: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/18/2019
Created
02/10/2022
Added
02/04/2022
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, a reference count usage error in the fib6_rule_suppress() function in the fib6 suppression feature of net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c, when handling the FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF flag, can be exploited by a local attacker to corrupt memory, aka CID-ca7a03c41753.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default

References

  • USN-4161-1
  • CVE-2019-18198

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