CVE-2024-26920 Affecting perf package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-PERF-8388556
  • published20 Nov 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26920  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 perf to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf 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:

tracing/trigger: Fix to return error if failed to alloc snapshot

Fix register_snapshot_trigger() to return error code if it failed to allocate a snapshot instead of 0 (success). Unless that, it will register snapshot trigger without an error.

CVSS Scores

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