Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting kernel-debug-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-14772183
  • published31 Dec 2025
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-debug-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.

NVD Description

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

thermal: intel: quark_dts: fix error pointer dereference

If alloc_soc_dts() fails, then we can just return. Trying to free "soc_dts" will lead to an Oops.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1