Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-uek-tools package, versions <0:4.14.35-2025.404.1.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLS-2596916
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Dec 2020

Introduced: 15 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools to version 0:4.14.35-2025.404.1.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9005.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.

CVSS Scores

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