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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-8339350
  • published 4 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2024
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Introduced: 11 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-41055 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6567.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 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:

mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid()

Commit 5ec8e8ea8b77 ("mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage") changed pfn_section_valid() to add a READ_ONCE() call around "ms->usage" to fix a race with section_deactivate() where ms->usage can be cleared. The READ_ONCE() call, by itself, is not enough to prevent NULL pointer dereference. We need to check its value before dereferencing it.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

5.5 medium