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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-20908: ELSA-2020-5791: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-20908: ELSA-2020-5791: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/19/2019
Created
08/01/2020
Added
07/30/2020
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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