CVE-2024-40936 Affecting kernel-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDEVELMATCHED-7945308
  • published 13 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 12 Jul 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6567.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel-matched package and not the kernel-devel-matched 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:

cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

4.4 medium