[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for RHCK 8 (ELSA-2025-2473)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2025-2473 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-53197

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2025-2473.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-2473.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 8 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-2024-50302: Information leak in HID bus driver.

A missing variable initialization when using the HID bus driver could
lead to use of uninitialized memory. A local attacker could use this
flaw to extract sensitive information.


* CVE-2024-53197: Code execution in Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver.

Incorrect checks on parameters passed from malicious device when attaching
to the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver could lead to an out-of-bounds
memory access. A local attacker could use this flaw to potentially escalating
privileges, or executing arbitrary code.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.