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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-27025: ELSA-2024-5101: kernel security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 1, 2024
Added
Aug 16, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nbd: null check for nla_nest_start
nla_nest_start() may fail and return NULL. Insert a check and set errno
based on other call sites within the same source code.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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