NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.232-176.381.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEBUGINFO-6457476
  • published19 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-46905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.232-176.381.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1636.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-debuginfo package and not the kernel-tools-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net: hso: fix NULL-deref on disconnect regression

Commit 8a12f8836145 ("net: hso: fix null-ptr-deref during tty device unregistration") fixed the racy minor allocation reported by syzbot, but introduced an unconditional NULL-pointer dereference on every disconnect instead.

Specifically, the serial device table must no longer be accessed after the minor has been released by hso_serial_tty_unregister().

CVSS Base Scores

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