CVE-2024-45008 Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.92.3.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-8453939
  • published4 Dec 2024
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-45008  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:4.1.12-124.92.3.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12851.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Input: MT - limit max slots

syzbot is reporting too large allocation at input_mt_init_slots(), for num_slots is supplied from userspace using ioctl(UI_DEV_CREATE).

Since nobody knows possible max slots, this patch chose 1024.

CVSS Scores

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