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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-29646) ELSA-2021-4356: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-29646) ELSA-2021-4356: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/30/2021
Created
11/20/2021
Added
11/18/2021
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. tipc_nl_retrieve_key in net/tipc/node.c does not properly validate certain data sizes, aka CID-0217ed2848e8.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2021-4356
  • CVE-2021-29646
  • USN-4947-1
  • USN-4948-1
  • USN-4949-1

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