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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-33098: ELSA-2024-12110: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 9, 2021
Added
Feb 2, 2024
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Ethernet ixgbe driver for Linux before version 3.17.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the MTU of a virtualized PCIe device (in a guest, for example) to crash the host system’s kernel if they set the MTU of the VF device to an unsupported value.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
Title
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