Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-25285: ELSA-2020-5884: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
4
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/13/2020
10/09/2020
10/07/2020
08/06/2024
Description
A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
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