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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-12657) (Multiple Advisories): Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-12657) (Multiple Advisories): Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
07/24/2020
Added
07/22/2020
Modified
10/05/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5. There is a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body.

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-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • ELSA-2020-5755
  • USN-4363-1
  • USN-4367-1
  • USN-4367-2
  • USN-4368-1
  • USN-4369-1
  • USN-4369-2
  • CVE-2020-12657
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