Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting kernel-uek-container package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.340.4.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKCONTAINER-8721222
  • published14 Feb 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56595  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-container to version 0:5.4.17-2136.340.4.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20100.

NVD Description

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

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

jfs: add a check to prevent array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

When the value of lp is 0 at the beginning of the for loop, it will become negative in the next assignment and we should bail out.

CVSS Scores

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