vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-45868: ELSA-2022-9348: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 18, 2022
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Jul 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.15.3, fs/quota/quota_tree.c does not validate the block number in the quota tree (on disk). This can, for example, lead to a kernel/locking/rwsem.c use-after-free if there is a corrupted quota file.
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. The quota mechanism doesn't properly validate the quota block number, triggering a use-after-free bug in the RWSem code, leading to a denial of service.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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