CVE-2022-49199: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit() This code checks "index" for an upper bound but it does not check for negatives. Change the type to unsigned to prevent underflows.
CVE-2022-49199CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2022-49199: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit() This code checks "index" for an upper bound but it does not check for negatives. Change the type to unsigned to prevent underflows.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
16.17%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit() This code checks "index" for an upper bound but it does not check for negatives. Change the type to unsigned to prevent underflows.

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