Excessive Iteration Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:5.4.17-2102.201.3.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDOC-2598654
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Mar 2021

Introduced: 20 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-28950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-834  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:5.4.17-2102.201.3.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9220.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in fs/fuse/fuse_i.h in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. A "stall on CPU" can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode, aka CID-775c5033a0d1.

CVSS Scores

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