NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting rv package, versions <0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-RV-14063432
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2025

Introduced: 11 Nov 2025

CVE-2024-57989  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 rv to version 0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:20518.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rv package and not the rv 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:

wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix NULL deref check in mt7925_change_vif_links

In mt7925_change_vif_links() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.

CVSS Base Scores

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