Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.264.13.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEK-2509507
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Nov 2014

Introduced: 30 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-7842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek to version 0:2.6.39-400.264.13.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-3502.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek package and not the kernel-uek package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

CVSS Base Scores

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