Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-uek-headers 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% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKHEADERS-8185577
  • published15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed7 Aug 2024

Introduced: 7 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42236  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-headers 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-headers package and not the kernel-uek-headers 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:

usb: gadget: configfs: Prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy()

Userspace provided string 's' could trivially have the length zero. Left unchecked this will firstly result in an OOB read in the form if (str[0 - 1] == &#39;\n&#39;) followed closely by an OOB write in the form str[0 - 1] = '\0'`.

There is already a validating check to catch strings that are too long. Let's supply an additional check for invalid strings that are too short.

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