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High ELSA-2024-12845 2 CVEs

Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Nov 25, 2024 · Updated Nov 25, 2024

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek]
- mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
- mm: add remap_pfn_range_notrack (Christoph Hellwig) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
- mm/memory.c: make remap_pfn_range() reject unaligned addr (Alex Zhang) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
- mm: fix ambiguous comments for better code readability (chenqiwu) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
- mm: clarify a confusing comment for remap_pfn_range() (WANG Wenhu) [Orabug: 37311329] {CVE-2024-47674}
- devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in devlink_init() (Vasiliy Kovalev) [Orabug: 37311325] {CVE-2024-26734}

Fixed packages 11

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-tools 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-tools-libs 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 perf 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 python-perf 0:5.4.17-2136.336.5.3.1.el7uek

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8

    mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case As Jann points out, PFN mappings are special, because unlike normal memory mappings, there is no lifetime information associated wi…

  • High 7.0

    devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in devlink_init()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in devlink_init() The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered before registering the generic netlink family. Mak…