NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python-perf  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHONPERF-9032198
  • published2 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-57987  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf package and not the python-perf package as distributed by Centos.

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

Bluetooth: btrtl: check for NULL in btrtl_setup_realtek()

If insert an USB dongle which chip is not maintained in ic_id_table, it will hit the NULL point accessed. Add a null point check to avoid the Kernel Oops.