NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-7762775
  • published21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42276  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-devel.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

nvme-pci: add missing condition check for existence of mapped data

nvme_map_data() is called when request has physical segments, hence the nvme_unmap_data() should have same condition to avoid dereference.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1