Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.21.4.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2530660
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 Dec 2017

Introduced: 18 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17741  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:3.8.13-118.21.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4134.

NVD Description

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

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.