NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULES-7124778
  • published 27 May 2024
  • disclosed 24 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-modules package and not the kernel-rt-debug-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:

mlxsw: spectrum: Protect driver from buggy firmware

When processing port up/down events generated by the device's firmware, the driver protects itself from events reported for non-existent local ports, but not the CPU port (local port 0), which exists, but lacks a netdev.

This can result in a NULL pointer dereference when calling netif_carrier_{on,off}().

Fix this by bailing early when processing an event reported for the CPU port. Problem was only observed when running on top of a buggy emulator.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.5 medium