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Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-5848: ELSA-2018-4304: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-5848: ELSA-2018-4304: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/02/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/06/2018
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

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