NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-7236849
  • published10 Jun 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra.

NVD Description

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

cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()

The optional @ref parameter might contain an NULL node_name, so prevent dereferencing it in cifs_compose_mount_options().

Addresses-Coverity: 1476408 ("Explicit null dereferenced")

CVSS Scores

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