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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-10147) ELSA-2017-3533: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-10147) ELSA-2017-3533: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/04/2017
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware

References

  • ELSA-2017-3533
  • CVE-2016-10147
  • USN-3189-1
  • USN-3189-2
  • USN-3190-1
  • USN-3190-2

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