NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uki-virt-addons package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


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-KERNELUKIVIRTADDONS-8784059
  • published27 Feb 2025
  • disclosed29 Jul 2024

Introduced: 29 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-41077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 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-uki-virt-addons package and not the kernel-uki-virt-addons 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:

null_blk: fix validation of block size

Block size should be between 512 and PAGE_SIZE and be a power of 2. The current check does not validate this, so update the check.

Without this patch, null_blk would Oops due to a null pointer deref when loaded with bs=1536 [1].

[axboe: remove unnecessary braces and != 0 check]

CVSS Scores

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