CVE-2024-42121 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.15.0-210.163.7.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-7944216
  • published13 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Jul 2024

Introduced: 30 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-42121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-debug-devel 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-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:

drm/amd/display: Check index msg_id before read or write

[WHAT] msg_id is used as an array index and it cannot be a negative value, and therefore cannot be equal to MOD_HDCP_MESSAGE_ID_INVALID (-1).

[HOW] Check whether msg_id is valid before reading and setting.

This fixes 4 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

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