NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-300.11.1.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2468511
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 24 May 2012
Introduced: 24 May 2012
CVE-2011-4081 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.32-300.11.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-2003
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
crypto/ghash-generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a failed or missing ghash_setkey function call, followed by a (1) ghash_update function call or (2) ghash_final function call, as demonstrated by a write operation on an AF_ALG socket.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2011-4081.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0350.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/27/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749475
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed47b7d142ec99ad6880bbbec51e9f12b3af74c
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0350
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4081