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Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-300.21.1.el5uek

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2470328
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 17 May 2012
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Introduced: 17 May 2012

CVE-2012-0879 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.32-300.21.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-2007.

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.

The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.2 medium