[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for RHCK 7 (ELSA-2024-6994)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Wed Oct 2 19:26:58 UTC 2024
Synopsis: ELSA-2024-6994 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2024-41071
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2024-6994.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6994.html
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 7 install
these updates.
On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.
Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:
# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y
DESCRIPTION
* CVE-2024-41071: Remote privilege escalation in Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) driver.
A logic error when scanning networks in the Generic IEEE 802.11
Networking Stack (mac80211) driver could lead to an out-of-bounds memory
access. A remote attacker could use this flaw to escalate privileges.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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