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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-20934) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-20934) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/28/2020
Created
01/11/2021
Added
01/08/2021
Modified
07/22/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.6. On NUMA systems, the Linux fair scheduler has a use-after-free in show_numa_stats() because NUMA fault statistics are inappropriately freed, aka CID-16d51a590a8c.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • 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-2021-2725
  • CVE-2019-20934

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