Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:5.15.0-7.86.6.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEVEL-3318976
  • published14 Feb 2023
  • disclosed30 Nov 2022

Introduced: 30 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-45869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:5.15.0-7.86.6.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-12116.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.

CVSS Scores

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