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CVE-2021-47468 Affecting kernel-cross-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELCROSSHEADERS-7673025
  • published10 Aug 2024
  • disclosed22 May 2024
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Introduced: 22 May 2024

CVE-2021-47468  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-cross-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-5101.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-cross-headers package and not the kernel-cross-headers 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:

isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context

The driver can call card->isac.release() function from an atomic context.

Fix this by calling this function after releasing the lock.

The following log reveals it:

[ 44.168226 ] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:3018 [ 44.168941 ] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 5475, name: modprobe [ 44.169574 ] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 44.169899 ] irq event stamp: 0 [ 44.170160 ] hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 44.170627 ] hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<ffffffff814209ed>] copy_process+0x132d/0x3e00 [ 44.171240 ] softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81420a1a>] copy_process+0x135a/0x3e00 [ 44.171852 ] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 44.172318 ] Preemption disabled at: [ 44.172320 ] [<ffffffffa009b0a9>] nj_release+0x69/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.174441 ] Call Trace: [ 44.174630 ] dump_stack_lvl+0xa8/0xd1 [ 44.174912 ] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 [ 44.175166 ] ___might_sleep+0x3a2/0x510 [ 44.175459 ] ? nj_release+0x69/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.175791 ] __might_sleep+0x82/0xe0 [ 44.176063 ] ? start_flush_work+0x20/0x7b0 [ 44.176375 ] start_flush_work+0x33/0x7b0 [ 44.176672 ] ? trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x85/0x170 [ 44.177034 ] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0xaa/0x1f0 [ 44.177372 ] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0xaa/0x1f0 [ 44.177711 ] __flush_work+0x11a/0x1a0 [ 44.177991 ] ? flush_work+0x20/0x20 [ 44.178257 ] ? lock_release+0x13c/0x8f0 [ 44.178550 ] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 44.178872 ] ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x148/0x360 [ 44.179187 ] ? read_lock_is_recursive+0x20/0x20 [ 44.179530 ] ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 [ 44.179846 ] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x55/0x900 [ 44.180168 ] ? ____kasan_slab_free+0x116/0x140 [ 44.180505 ] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x41/0x60 [ 44.180878 ] ? skb_queue_purge+0x1a3/0x1c0 [ 44.181189 ] ? kfree+0x13e/0x290 [ 44.181438 ] flush_work+0x17/0x20 [ 44.181695 ] mISDN_freedchannel+0xe8/0x100 [ 44.182006 ] isac_release+0x210/0x260 [mISDNipac] [ 44.182366 ] nj_release+0xf6/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.182685 ] nj_remove+0x48/0x70 [netjet] [ 44.182989 ] pci_device_remove+0xa9/0x250

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