Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.294.2.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2521378
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 23 May 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.294.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3516.

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 proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.2 medium
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Red Hat

4 medium