Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELTOOLS-7418362
  • published4 Jul 2024
  • disclosed3 Apr 2024

Introduced: 3 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-4211.

NVD Description

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

ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref

The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered before registering the generic netlink family.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1