NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:5.15.0-304.171.4.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDEBUG-8621154
  • published14 Jan 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-53226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:5.15.0-304.171.4.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20018.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

RDMA/hns: Fix NULL pointer derefernce in hns_roce_map_mr_sg()

ib_map_mr_sg() allows ULPs to specify NULL as the sg_offset argument. The driver needs to check whether it is a NULL pointer before dereferencing it.

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