CVE-2024-56763 Affecting kernel-uek-container package, versions <0:5.15.0-305.176.4.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKCONTAINER-8712389
  • published12 Feb 2025
  • disclosed6 Jan 2025

Introduced: 6 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-56763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-container to version 0:5.15.0-305.176.4.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20095.

NVD Description

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

tracing: Prevent bad count for tracing_cpumask_write

If a large count is provided, it will trigger a warning in bitmap_parse_user. Also check zero for it.

CVSS Scores

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