NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.4.17-2011.5.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-2574898
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Nov 2019

Introduced: 30 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19462  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:5.4.17-2011.5.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5805.

NVD Description

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

relay_open in kernel/relay.c in the Linux kernel through 5.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (such as relay blockage) by triggering a NULL alloc_percpu result.

CVSS Scores

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