NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bpftool-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.1.115-126.197.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-BPFTOOLDEBUGINFO-9520929
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed21 Oct 2024

Introduced: 21 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-50000  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 bpftool-debuginfo to version 0:6.1.115-126.197.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-794.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool-debuginfo package and not the bpftool-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()

In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference to the modify field.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1