NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-7987389
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed13 Sept 2024

Introduced: 13 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-46698  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

video/aperture: optionally match the device in sysfb_disable()

In aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(), we currently only call sysfb_disable() on vga class devices. This leads to the following problem when the pimary device is not VGA compatible:

  1. A PCI device with a non-VGA class is the boot display
  2. That device is probed first and it is not a VGA device so sysfb_disable() is not called, but the device resources are freed by aperture_detach_platform_device()
  3. Non-primary GPU has a VGA class and it ends up calling sysfb_disable()
  4. NULL pointer dereference via sysfb_disable() since the resources have already been freed by aperture_detach_platform_device() when it was called by the other device.

Fix this by passing a device pointer to sysfb_disable() and checking the device to determine if we should execute it or not.

v2: Fix build when CONFIG_SCREEN_INFO is not set v3: Move device check into the mutex Drop primary variable in aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices() Drop __init on pci sysfb_pci_dev_is_enabled()

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