NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-tools package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.340.4.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLS-8720772
  • published14 Feb 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools 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-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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ftrace: Fix regression with module command in stack_trace_filter

When executing the following command:

# echo &#34;write*:mod:ext3&#34; &gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace_filter

The current mod command causes a null pointer dereference. While commit 0f17976568b3f ("ftrace: Fix regression with module command in stack_trace_filter") has addressed part of the issue, it left a corner case unhandled, which still results in a kernel crash.

CVSS Base Scores

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