NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uki-virt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELUKIVIRT-7021308
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-uki-virt.

NVD Description

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

ALSA: hda: Fix possible null-ptr-deref when assigning a stream

While AudioDSP drivers assign streams exclusively of HOST or LINK type, nothing blocks a user to attempt to assign a COUPLED stream. As supplied substream instance may be a stub, what is the case when code-loading, such scenario ends with null-ptr-deref.

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