Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.334.6.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-7678238
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed21 Jun 2024

Introduced: 21 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-36288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:5.4.17-2136.334.6.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12581.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug-devel package and not the kernel-uek-debug-devel 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 loop termination condition in gss_free_in_token_pages()

The in_token->pages[] array is not NULL terminated. This results in the following KASAN splat:

KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x04a2013400000008-0x04a201340000000f]

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