Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-8376286
  • published14 Nov 2024
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-44985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12815.

NVD Description

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

ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed.

We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

CVSS Scores

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