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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-13974) ELSA-2022-1988: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-13974) ELSA-2022-1988: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/09/2020
Created
05/20/2022
Added
05/18/2022
Modified
05/18/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.1. drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c has an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059. NOTE: Members in the community argue that the integer overflow does not lead to a security issue in this case.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2022-1988
  • USN-4427-1
  • USN-4439-1
  • USN-4440-1
  • USN-4483-1
  • USN-4485-1
  • CVE-2020-13974
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