Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULES-7513209
- published 17 Jul 2024
- disclosed 12 Jul 2024
Introduced: 12 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-40989 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown
When tearing down a redistributor region, make sure we don't have any dangling pointer to that region stored in a vcpu.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40989
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d92e4a7ffd5c42b9fa864692f82476c0bf8bcc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152b4123f21e6aff31cea01158176ad96a999c76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48bb62859d47c5c4197a8c01128d0fa4f46ee58c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68df4fc449fcc24347209e500ce26d5816705a77
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