CVE-2023-52522 Affecting kernel-debug-uki-virt package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDEBUGUKIVIRT-6814173
  • published 8 May 2024
  • disclosed 2 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-debug-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-2394.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-uki-virt package and not the kernel-debug-uki-virt 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: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work()

While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(), I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an RCU protected item from a list.

Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side to prevent store tearing.

I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support, this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High