Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.316.1.el5uek
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EPSS
0.29% (70th
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 17 Dec 2018
Introduced: 17 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20169 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.316.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4855.
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.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-20169.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3517.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4729.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4854.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4855.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
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