CVE-2024-53241 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-9726931
  • published17 Apr 2025
  • disclosed24 Dec 2024

Introduced: 24 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-53241  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.50.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-3893.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page

Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S.

This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations.

This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.

CVSS Base Scores

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