Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-8528669
  • published19 Dec 2024
  • disclosed7 Nov 2024

Introduced: 7 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra to version 0:5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12887.

NVD Description

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

udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad

Check for overflow when computing alen in udf_current_aext to mitigate later uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad KMSAN bug[1]. After applying the patch reproducer did not trigger any issue[2].

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8901c4560b7ab5c2f9df [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10242227980000

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