CVE-2024-42097 Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.14.35-2047.541.4.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-7942167
  • published13 Sept 2024
  • disclosed29 Jul 2024

Introduced: 29 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-42097  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.14.35-2047.541.4.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12779.

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.

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

ALSA: emux: improve patch ioctl data validation

In load_data(), make the validation of and skipping over the main info block match that in load_guspatch().

In load_guspatch(), add checking that the specified patch length matches the actually supplied data, like load_data() already did.

CVSS Scores

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