Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.33.4.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-2545745
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Sept 2019

Introduced: 30 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:4.1.12-124.33.4.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4850.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.0, a memory leak exists in sit_init_net() in net/ipv6/sit.c when register_netdev() fails to register sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-07f12b26e21a.

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