Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24183Information Disclosure
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. A missing upper bound integer check was found in the sys_io_submit() function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak.
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=629441
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61884
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