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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-42739: ELSA-2022-9969: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-42739: ELSA-2022-9969: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/20/2021
Created
01/17/2022
Added
01/12/2022
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandles bounds checking.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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