NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.337.5.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUG-8371170
  • published14 Nov 2024
  • disclosed11 Sept 2024

Introduced: 11 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-45028  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:5.4.17-2136.337.5.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12813.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mmc: mmc_test: Fix NULL dereference on allocation failure

If the "test->highmem = alloc_pages()" allocation fails then calling __free_pages(test->highmem) will result in a NULL dereference. Also change the error code to -ENOMEM instead of returning success.

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