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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-12659) ELSA-2020-5714: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-12659) ELSA-2020-5714: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
10/06/2022
Added
10/05/2022
Modified
10/05/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • ELSA-2020-5714
  • USN-4387-1
  • USN-4388-1
  • USN-4389-1
  • CVE-2020-12659

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