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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-47668: ELSA-2024-8856: kernel security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-47668: ELSA-2024-8856: kernel security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/09/2024
Created
11/13/2024
Added
11/11/2024
Modified
11/21/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Fix rare race in __genradix_ptr_alloc() If we need to increase the tree depth, allocate a new node, and then race with another thread that increased the tree depth before us, we'll still have a preallocated node that might be used later. If we then use that node for a new non-root node, it'll still have a pointer to the old root instead of being zeroed - fix this by zeroing it in the cmpxchg failure path.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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