CVE-2024-27402 Affecting kernel-uek-core package, versions <0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKCORE-10767124
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2024-27402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-core to version 0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20470.

NVD Description

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

phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use

The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

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