CVE-2024-35835 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-8394946
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2024-35835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: fix a double-free in arfs_create_groups

When in allocated by kvzalloc fails, arfs_create_groups will free ft->g and return an error. However, arfs_create_table, the only caller of arfs_create_groups, will hold this error and call to mlx5e_destroy_flow_table, in which the ft->g will be freed again.

CVSS Scores

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