vulnerability

ELSA-2016-3509 Important: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2016-01-20
Added
2016-01-21
Modified
2024-08-06

Description

The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.

Solution(s)

linuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-dtrace-moduleslinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-ueklinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-uek-debuglinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-uek-debug-devellinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-uek-devellinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-uek-doclinuxrpm-upgrade-ols6-x86_64-kernel-uek-firmwarelinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-dtrace-moduleslinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-ueklinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-uek-debuglinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-uek-debug-devellinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-uek-devellinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-uek-doclinuxrpm-upgrade-ols7-x86_64-kernel-uek-firmware
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