Use After Free Affecting python-perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.35.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PYTHONPERF-2564418
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Apr 2019

Introduced: 23 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 python-perf to version 0:2.6.32-754.35.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4182.

NVD Description

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

The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests.

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CVSS Scores

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