Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15102: ELSA-2019-4850: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
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09/19/2016
11/22/2019
11/21/2019
08/06/2024
Description
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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