Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.300.7.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2599650
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2021

Introduced: 14 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-16119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:5.4.17-2136.300.7.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9486.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel exploitable by a local attacker due to reuse of a DCCP socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid object as a listener after being released. Fixed in Ubuntu Linux kernel 5.4.0-51.56, 5.3.0-68.63, 4.15.0-121.123, 4.4.0-193.224, 3.13.0.182.191 and 3.2.0-149.196.

CVSS Scores

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