CVE-2024-42267 Affecting kernel-uek-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKMODULESEXTRA-8375088
  • published14 Nov 2024
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-modules-extra to version 0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12815.

NVD Description

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

riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error()

Handle VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG() the kernel.

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