NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm 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 IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-7733029
  • published21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42278  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

ASoC: TAS2781: Fix tasdev_load_calibrated_data()

This function has a reversed if statement so it's either a no-op or it leads to a NULL dereference.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1