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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.300.2.el5uek

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2529183
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 10 May 2018
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Introduced: 10 May 2018

CVE-2018-1130 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.300.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4172.

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.

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

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