CVE-2024-40930 Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDEBUG-8398400
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40930  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-debug to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.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 kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug 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:

wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing

Validate that the HE operation element has the correct length before parsing it.

CVSS Scores

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