Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2521813
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 18 Feb 2017
How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.295.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3567.
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.
Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5986.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1308.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1308-1.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3539.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3566.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3567.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308