CVE-2024-42295 Affecting kernel-uek-tools-libs package, versions <0:4.14.35-2047.543.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLSLIBS-8185084
  • published15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools-libs 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-tools-libs package and not the kernel-uek-tools-libs 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:

nilfs2: handle inconsistent state in nilfs_btnode_create_block()

Syzbot reported that a buffer state inconsistency was detected in nilfs_btnode_create_block(), triggering a kernel bug.

It is not appropriate to treat this inconsistency as a bug; it can occur if the argument block address (the buffer index of the newly created block) is a virtual block number and has been reallocated due to corruption of the bitmap used to manage its allocation state.

So, modify nilfs_btnode_create_block() and its callers to treat it as a possible filesystem error, rather than triggering a kernel bug.

CVSS Scores

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