CVE-2024-40928 Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4
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- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 14 Aug 2024
Introduced: 14 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-40928 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5363.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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:
net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()
Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference).
Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-5363.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40928
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5363
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1