Unchecked Return Value Affecting grub2-pc-modules package, versions <1:2.06-104.0.1.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-GRUB2PCMODULES-10242578
  • published24 May 2025
  • disclosed18 Feb 2025

Introduced: 18 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-45775  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 grub2-pc-modules to version 1:2.06-104.0.1.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-6990.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream grub2-pc-modules package and not the grub2-pc-modules package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in grub2 where the grub_extcmd_dispatcher() function calls grub_arg_list_alloc() to allocate memory for the grub's argument list. However, it fails to check in case the memory allocation fails. Once the allocation fails, a NULL point will be processed by the parse_option() function, leading grub to crash or, in some rare scenarios, corrupt the IVT data.

CVSS Base Scores

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