Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEVEL-8531037
  • published19 Dec 2024
  • disclosed8 Nov 2024

Introduced: 8 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50184  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-devel 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-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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting flush

If a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait for host ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang.

So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to return early if the device is not activated.

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