Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.50.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2577720
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 May 2017

Introduced: 12 May 2017

CVE-2017-8925  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:3.8.13-118.50.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5879.

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 omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.