CVE-2024-41077 Affecting kernel-devel 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% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDEVEL-8390116
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed29 Jul 2024

Introduced: 29 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-41077  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-devel 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-devel package and not the kernel-devel 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:

null_blk: fix validation of block size

Block size should be between 512 and PAGE_SIZE and be a power of 2. The current check does not validate this, so update the check.

Without this patch, null_blk would Oops due to a null pointer deref when loaded with bs=1536 [1].

[axboe: remove unnecessary braces and != 0 check]

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