vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-52522: ELSA-2024-2394: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 03/02/2024 | 05/14/2024 | 12/10/2024 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/02/2024
Added
05/14/2024
Modified
12/10/2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work()
While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(),
I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an
RCU protected item from a list.
Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either
rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side
to prevent store tearing.
I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support,
this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows for potential store tearing within the neigh_periodic_work() function, meaning a write operation on a value is not protected properly and could result in inconsistencies if another process or thread reads from that value before the operation is complete.
net: fix possible store tearing in neigh_periodic_work()
While looking at a related syzbot report involving neigh_periodic_work(),
I found that I forgot to add an annotation when deleting an
RCU protected item from a list.
Readers use rcu_deference(*np), we need to use either
rcu_assign_pointer() or WRITE_ONCE() on writer side
to prevent store tearing.
I use rcu_assign_pointer() to have lockdep support,
this was the choice made in neigh_flush_dev().
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows for potential store tearing within the neigh_periodic_work() function, meaning a write operation on a value is not protected properly and could result in inconsistencies if another process or thread reads from that value before the operation is complete.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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