Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.14.35-1902.6.6.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-2545588
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Jul 2019

Introduced: 26 Jul 2019

CVE-2018-20855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.14.35-1902.6.6.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4820.

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.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In create_qp_common in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.

CVSS Scores

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