CVE-2024-27403 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELHEADERS-8230077
  • published18 Oct 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2024-27403  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-headers to version 0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-8162.

NVD Description

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

netfilter: nft_flow_offload: reset dst in route object after setting up flow

dst is transferred to the flow object, route object does not own it anymore. Reset dst in route object, otherwise if flow_offload_add() fails, error path releases dst twice, leading to a refcount underflow.

CVSS Scores

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