NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-headers package, versions <0:4.14.35-2047.543.3.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-8493969
  • published11 Dec 2024
  • disclosed11 Sept 2024

Introduced: 11 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-45021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-headers to version 0:4.14.35-2047.543.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12868.

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:

memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops

we are not guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).

CVSS Scores

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