Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49404

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - RDMA/hfi1: Fix potential integer multiplication overflow errors When multiplying of different types, an overflow is possible even when storing the result in a...

CVE-2022-49404 RDMA/hfi1: Fix potential integer multiplication overflow errors

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: Fix potential integer multiplication overflow errors When multiplying of different types, an overflow is possible even when storing the result in a larger type. This is because the conversion is done after the...

CVE-2022-49404

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: Fix potential integer multiplication overflow errors When multiplying of different types, an overflow is possible even when storing the result in a larger type. This is because the conversion is done after the...

CVE-2022-49404

The CVE-2022-49404 entry concerns the Linux kernel RDMA/hfi1 path. The root cause is an integer multiplication overflow during inter-packet delay calculations due to type-conversion order, allowing overflow and an incorrect result. The fix forces one operand to be u64 so the promotion occurs befo...