NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELHEADERS-8348678
  • published7 Nov 2024
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-44990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-8856.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok

We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.

CVSS Scores

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