How many CVEs have patched syscall?

5 published CVEs changed syscall in debian/glibc, in 1 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2017 and 2021.

What is the latest CVE that changed syscall?

CVE-2020-27618, published 2021-02-26, changed lines 23 of sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/syscall.S.

How does syscall compare to the rest of debian/glibc?

debian/glibc has 23 CVEs with a located fix in total; 5 of them changed syscall.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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debian/glibc

Function

syscall

Name: syscall in debian/glibc: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/syscall.S

Last patched February 26, 2021

5

CVEs

That changed this function

1

Distinct patches

Backports counted once

10

Lines changed

Added plus removed

2017–2021

Years

By CVE publication date

Overview

syscall in debian/glibc was changed by 5 published CVE fixes between 2017 and 2021, in 1 distinct patches that added or removed 10 lines in total.

debian/glibc has 23 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 22% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed syscall, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

CVE-2020-27618
CVE-2020-27618 · line 23 · +1 −1
Medium · CVSS 5.5
EPSS 0.9%2021-02-26
CVE-2019-25013
CVE-2019-25013 · line 23 · +1 −1
Medium · CVSS 5.9
EPSS 3.6%2021-01-04
CVE-2020-29562
CVE-2020-29562 · line 23 · +1 −1

Medium · CVSS 4.8

EPSS 1.7%2020-12-04

CVE-2020-6096

CVE-2020-6096 · line 23 · +1 −1

High · CVSS 8.1

EPSS 5.5%2020-04-01

CVE-2016-10228

CVE-2016-10228 · line 23 · +1 −1

Medium · CVSS 5.9

EPSS 4.1%2017-03-02

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Functions in debian/glibc changed by the most CVE fixes.

tmp19 CVEs · sysdeps/aarch64/memcpy.S __mips16_syscall15 CVEs · sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/mips16/mips16-syscall.h dstend5 CVEs · sysdeps/aarch64/memcpy.S __gconv_open5 CVEs · iconv/gconv_int.h len5 CVEs · sysdeps/aarch64/strnlen.S __volatile__5 CVEs · sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/sysdep.h

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to syscall.

How many CVEs have patched syscall?: 5 published CVEs changed syscall in debian/glibc, in 1 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2017 and 2021.
What is the latest CVE that changed syscall?: CVE-2020-27618, published 2021-02-26, changed lines 23 of sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/syscall.S.
How does syscall compare to the rest of debian/glibc?: debian/glibc has 23 CVEs with a located fix in total; 5 of them changed syscall.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

Fix locations are computed by RadicalNotion.AI from the upstream patch diff of each CVE. CVE data is sourced from the CVE Program.

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