Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-2577613
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Aug 2019

Introduced: 19 Aug 2019

CVE-2016-10906  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:4.1.12-124.43.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5866.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5. A use-after-free is caused by a race condition between the functions arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean.

CVSS Scores

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