CVE-2024-56705 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-305.176.4.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-BPFTOOL-8712230
  • published12 Feb 2025
  • disclosed28 Dec 2024

Introduced: 28 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56705  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-305.176.4.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20095.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

media: atomisp: Add check for rgby_data memory allocation failure

In ia_css_3a_statistics_allocate(), there is no check on the allocation result of the rgby_data memory. If rgby_data is not successfully allocated, it may trigger the assert(host_stats->rgby_data) assertion in ia_css_s3a_hmem_decode(). Adding a check to fix this potential issue.

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