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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-18216) ELSA-2021-9473: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-18216) ELSA-2021-9473: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/05/2018
Created
10/13/2021
Added
10/09/2021
Modified
10/09/2021

Description

In fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c in the Linux kernel before 4.15, local users can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) because a required mutex is not used.

Solution(s)

  • 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-2021-9473
  • 103278
  • USN-3776-1
  • USN-3776-2
  • USN-3798-1
  • USN-3798-2
  • DSA-4187
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2017-18216
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