Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8925: ELSA-2020-5879: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
03/06/2017
10/09/2020
10/07/2020
07/22/2024
Description
The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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