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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2023-1382) ELSA-2023-7077: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2023-1382) ELSA-2023-7077: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/10/2023
Created
11/24/2023
Added
11/22/2023
Modified
11/22/2023

Description

A data race flaw was found in the Linux kernel, between where con is allocated and con->sock is set. This issue leads to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing con->sock->sk in net/tipc/topsrv.c in the tipc protocol in the Linux kernel.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2023-7077
  • CVE-2023-1382

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