vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-12153: ELSA-2019-4531: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 13, 2017 | Feb 7, 2019 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2017
Added
Feb 7, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
A security flaw was discovered in nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in the Linux kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege and may result in NULL dereference and a system crash.
A security flaw was discovered in nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in the Linux kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege and may result in NULL dereference and a system crash.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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