NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2178029
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-trace-devel package and not the kernel-rt-trace-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.1 medium
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SUSE

4 medium
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Red Hat

4.1 medium