Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek
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- published10 Apr 2022
- disclosed26 Jul 2019
Introduced: 26 Jul 2019
CVE-2018-20856 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek to version 0:4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5866.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek package and not the kernel-uek package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an __blk_drain_queue() use-after-free because a certain error case is mishandled.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-20856.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3055.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-5866.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14673240?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154059/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154408/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0055-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3076
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3217
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0103
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0698
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54648cf1ec2d7f4b6a71767799c45676a138ca24
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54648cf1ec2d7f4b6a71767799c45676a138ca24
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/26
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14673240?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497