NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-selftests-internal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELSELFTESTSINTERNAL-8043659
  • published 18 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 18 Sep 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-selftests-internal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-selftests-internal package and not the kernel-selftests-internal 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:

pci/hotplug/pnv_php: Fix hotplug driver crash on Powernv

The hotplug driver for powerpc (pci/hotplug/pnv_php.c) causes a kernel crash when we try to hot-unplug/disable the PCIe switch/bridge from the PHB.

The crash occurs because although the MSI data structure has been released during disable/hot-unplug path and it has been assigned with NULL, still during unregistration the code was again trying to explicitly disable the MSI which causes the NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash.

The patch fixes the check during unregistration path to prevent invoking pci_disable_msi/msix() since its data structure is already freed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

5.5 medium
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SUSE

5.5 medium