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Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.15.1.el6uek

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2528666
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Nov 2017
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Introduced: 27 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:4.1.12-124.15.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4108.

NVD Description

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

The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.