Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.300.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2532060
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 18 Dec 2017
Introduced: 18 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17741 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-17741.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4108.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4134.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4172.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg160796.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102227
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/