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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8924: ELSA-2020-5879: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8924: ELSA-2020-5879: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/06/2017
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
07/22/2024

Description

The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow. The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

References

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