NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-8374896
  • published14 Nov 2024
  • disclosed26 Aug 2024

Introduced: 26 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-43909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-302.167.6.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12815.

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:

drm/amdgpu/pm: Fix the null pointer dereference for smu7

optimize the code to avoid pass a null pointer (hwmgr->backend) to function smu7_update_edc_leakage_table.

CVSS Base Scores

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