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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-12153: ELSA-2019-4531: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-12153: ELSA-2019-4531: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/13/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/07/2019
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

References

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