CVE-2024-41072 Affecting kernel-uek-container-debug package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKCONTAINERDEBUG-8219794
  • published16 Oct 2024
  • disclosed29 Jul 2024

Introduced: 29 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-41072  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-container-debug to version 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12782.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-container-debug package and not the kernel-uek-container-debug 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:

wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

In 'cfg80211_wext_siwscan()', add extra check whether number of channels passed via 'ioctl(sock, SIOCSIWSCAN, ...)' doesn't exceed IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES and reject invalid request with -EINVAL otherwise.

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