Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEBUGCORE-9447502
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed12 Mar 2025

Introduced: 12 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-21848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-395  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-debug-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-core package and not the kernel-debug-core package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()

Add check for the return value of nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() in nfp_bpf_cmsg_alloc() to prevent null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1