Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-10766865
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed26 Aug 2024

Introduced: 26 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-44938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20470.

NVD Description

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

jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

When searching for the next smaller log2 block, BLKSTOL2() returned 0, causing shift exponent -1 to be negative.

This patch fixes the issue by exiting the loop directly when negative shift is found.

CVSS Base Scores

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