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CVE-2022-50656

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: Clear nfc_target before being used Fix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in nla_put() called from nfc_genl_send_target() when target->sensb_res_len, which is duplicated from an nfc_target in pn533, is too large as the nfc_target is not properly initialized and retains garbage values. Clear nfc_targets with memset() before they are used. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nla_put Call Trace: memcpy nla_put nfc_genl_dump_targets genl_lock_dumpit netlink_dump __netlink_dump_start genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit genl_rcv_msg netlink_rcv_skb genl_rcv netlink_unicast netlink_sendmsg sock_sendmsg ____sys_sendmsg ___sys_sendmsg __sys_sendmsg do_syscall_64

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.10.178-1CVE-2022-50656
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50656
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50656
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50656

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CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days
9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

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