Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-core package, versions <0:5.15.0-201.135.6.el8uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKCORE-6126312
- published 15 Dec 2023
- disclosed 12 Jun 2023
Introduced: 12 Jun 2023
CVE-2023-3159 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-core to version 0:5.15.0-201.135.6.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-13043.
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.
A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.