Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-10780212
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Jan 2025

Introduced: 11 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-57877  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20480.

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:

arm64: ptrace: fix partial SETREGSET for NT_ARM_POE

Currently poe_set() doesn't initialize the temporary 'ctrl' variable, and a SETREGSET call with a length of zero will leave this uninitialized. Consequently an arbitrary value will be written back to target->thread.por_el0, potentially leaking up to 64 bits of memory from the kernel stack. The read is limited to a specific slot on the stack, and the issue does not provide a write mechanism.

Fix this by initializing the temporary value before copying the regset from userspace, as for other regsets (e.g. NT_PRSTATUS, NT_PRFPREG, NT_ARM_SYSTEM_CALL). In the case of a zero-length write, the existing contents of POR_EL1 will be retained.

Before this patch:

| # ./poe-test | Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d | SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes | | Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 | GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes | Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d | | Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length) | SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes | | Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 | GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes | Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0xffff8000839c3d50

After this patch:

| # ./poe-test | Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d | SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) wrote 8 bytes | | Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 | GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes | Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d | | Attempting to write NT_ARM_POE (zero length) | SETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=0) wrote 0 bytes | | Attempting to read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 | GETREGSET(nt=0x40f, len=8) read 8 bytes | Read NT_ARM_POE::por_el0 = 0x900d900d900d900d

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