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CVE-2024-38615 Affecting kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNEL64KDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-8326286
  • published 4 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 24 Sep 2024
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Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6997.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched package and not the kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

The exit() callback is optional and shouldn't be called without checking a valid pointer first.

Also, we must clear freq_table pointer even if the exit() callback isn't present.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

4.4 medium