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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-8912: ELSA-2019-4612: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-8912: ELSA-2019-4612: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/15/2019
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

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