CVE-2024-27388 Affecting kernel-tools-libs 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-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-7674847
  • published10 Aug 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27388  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-tools-libs 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-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs 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:

SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array

The creds and oa->data need to be freed in the error-handling paths after their allocation. So this patch add these deallocations in the corresponding paths.

CVSS Scores

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