Integer Underflow Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.340.4.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-8721061
  • published14 Feb 2025
  • disclosed19 Nov 2024

Introduced: 19 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-53061  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:5.4.17-2136.340.4.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20100.

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:

media: s5p-jpeg: prevent buffer overflows

The current logic allows word to be less than 2. If this happens, there will be buffer overflows, as reported by smatch. Add extra checks to prevent it.

While here, remove an unused word = 0 assignment.

CVSS Scores

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