CVE-2024-26691 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELHEADERS-8392338
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed3 Apr 2024

Introduced: 3 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26691  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-headers 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-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:

KVM: arm64: Fix circular locking dependency

The rule inside kvm enforces that the vcpu->mutex is taken inside kvm->lock. The rule is violated by the pkvm_create_hyp_vm() which acquires the kvm->lock while already holding the vcpu->mutex lock from kvm_vcpu_ioctl(). Avoid the circular locking dependency altogether by protecting the hyp vm handle with the config_lock, much like we already do for other forms of VM-scoped data.

CVSS Scores

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