Memory Leak 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% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-10780265
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed29 Dec 2024

Introduced: 29 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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:

ceph: fix memory leak in ceph_direct_read_write()

The bvecs array which is allocated in iter_get_bvecs_alloc() is leaked and pages remain pinned if ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map() fails.

There is no need to delay the allocation of sparse_ext map until after the bvecs array is set up, so fix this by moving sparse_ext allocation a bit earlier. Also, make a similar adjustment in __ceph_sync_read() for consistency (a leak of the same kind in __ceph_sync_read() has been addressed differently).

CVSS Base Scores

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