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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15121: ELSA-2018-1062: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-15121: ELSA-2018-1062: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2018
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

A non-privileged user is able to mount a fuse filesystem on RHEL 6 or 7 and crash a system if an application punches a hole in a file that does not end aligned to a page boundary.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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