Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-uek-core package, versions <0:5.15.0-210.163.7.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKCORE-7943882
  • published13 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Jul 2024

Introduced: 30 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-42223  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-core to version 0:5.15.0-210.163.7.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12618.

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:

media: dvb-frontends: tda10048: Fix integer overflow

state->xtal_hz can be up to 16M, so it can overflow a 32 bit integer when multiplied by pll_mfactor.

Create a new 64 bit variable to hold the calculations.

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