Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-perf package, versions <0:5.4.17-2036.104.4.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PYTHONPERF-2596093
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Feb 2021

Introduced: 17 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-26931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 python-perf to version 0:5.4.17-2036.104.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9085.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16, as used in Xen. Block, net, and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug, deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests (such as out of memory conditions), it isn't correct to assume a plain bug. Memory allocations potentially causing such crashes occur only when Linux is running in PV mode, though. This affects drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c and drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c.

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