vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-3611: ELSA-2023-12842: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 21, 2023
Added
Oct 3, 2023
Modified
Jul 21, 2025

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
The qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c allows an out-of-bounds write because lmax is updated according to packet sizes without bounds checks.
We recommend upgrading past commit 3e337087c3b5805fe0b8a46ba622a962880b5d64.
An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in qfq_change_agg in net/sched/sch_qfq.c in the Traffic Control (QoS) subsystem in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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