Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.294.6.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2519082
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 30 Dec 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.294.6.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3535.

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 sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7 high
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Red Hat

7 high