CVE-2022-36879 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.67.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-3039972
  • published5 Oct 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2022

Introduced: 27 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-36879  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:4.1.12-124.67.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-9852.

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.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.

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