Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-573.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELDEBUG-2496575
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Mar 2015

Introduced: 2 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-0239  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-debug to version 0:2.6.32-573.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1272.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

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