Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.41.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.28% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2587873
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Jul 2021

Introduced: 7 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-22555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-1160.41.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-3327.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space

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