Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:4.14.35-2047.541.4.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-7942579
  • published13 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Jul 2024

Introduced: 30 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-42224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:4.14.35-2047.541.4.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12779.

NVD Description

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

net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list

Since commit a3c53be55c95 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Support multiple MDIO busses") mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus() has checked that the return value of list_first_entry() is non-NULL.

This appears to be intended to guard against the list chip->mdios being empty. However, it is not the correct check as the implementation of list_first_entry is not designed to return NULL for empty lists.

Instead, use list_first_entry_or_null() which does return NULL if the list is empty.

Flagged by Smatch. Compile tested only.

CVSS Scores

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