CVE-2022-48669 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELHEADERS-7217541
  • published7 Jun 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2022-48669  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-3618.

NVD Description

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

powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr()

buf is allocated in papr_get_attr(), and krealloc() of buf could fail. We need to free the original buf in the case of failure.

CVSS Scores

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