Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.39.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2547625
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2019

Introduced: 27 Jul 2019

CVE-2015-9289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:3.8.13-118.39.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4810.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace API. However, the code allows larger values such as 23.

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