CVE-2024-42281 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel 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% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-8185945
  • published15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12780.

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.

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

bpf: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size

Linearize the skb when downgrading gso_size because it may trigger a BUG_ON() later when the skb is segmented as described in [1,2].

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