Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.50.2.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2598296
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Mar 2021

Introduced: 22 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-28964  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.1.12-124.50.2.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9215.

NVD Description

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

A race condition was discovered in get_old_root in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (BUG) because of a lack of locking on an extent buffer before a cloning operation, aka CID-dbcc7d57bffc.

CVSS Scores

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