Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-modules package, versions <0:5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKMODULES-8539102
  • published20 Dec 2024
  • disclosed7 Nov 2024

Introduced: 7 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-modules to version 0:5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12887.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-modules package and not the kernel-uek-modules 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:

net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet()

The sun3_82586_send_packet() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.

CVSS Base Scores

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