NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-10765631
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 May 2024

Introduced: 17 May 2024

CVE-2024-35790  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20470.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: create sysfs nodes as driver's default device attribute group

The DisplayPort driver's sysfs nodes may be present to the userspace before typec_altmode_set_drvdata() completes in dp_altmode_probe. This means that a sysfs read can trigger a NULL pointer error by deferencing dp->hpd in hpd_show or dp->lock in pin_assignment_show, as dev_get_drvdata() returns NULL in those cases.

Remove manual sysfs node creation in favor of adding attribute group as default for devices bound to the driver. The ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS() macro is not used here otherwise the path to the sysfs nodes is no longer compliant with the ABI.

CVSS Base Scores

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