Fedora 28 update for kernel



| Updated: 2025-04-25
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-10142
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Local network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU19571

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10142

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 28

kernel: before 5.0.17-100.fc28

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-41de525c08


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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