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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-8992) ELSA-2020-5663: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-8992) ELSA-2020-5663: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/14/2020
Created
10/06/2022
Added
10/05/2022
Modified
10/05/2022

Description

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

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-2020-5663
  • USN-4318-1
  • USN-4324-1
  • USN-4342-1
  • USN-4344-1
  • USN-4419-1
  • CVE-2020-8992
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