NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELRTCORE-7658406
  • published9 Aug 2024
  • disclosed8 Aug 2024

Introduced: 8 Aug 2024

CVE-2023-52471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5102.

NVD Description

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

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

ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c

devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS Scores

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