SB2019052018 - Fedora 29 update for kernel
Published: May 20, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019052018
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10142)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the freescale hypervisor manager implementation in drivers/virt/fsl_hypervisor.c. A local guest user can send specially crafted data to the affected IOCTL , trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.