NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:5.15.0-300.163.18.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK-8132407
  • published1 Oct 2024
  • disclosed22 Feb 2024

Introduced: 22 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek to version 0:5.15.0-300.163.18.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-12682.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek package and not the kernel-uek 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:

net: netdevsim: don't try to destroy PHC on VFs

PHC gets initialized in nsim_init_netdevsim(), which is only called if (nsim_dev_port_is_pf()).

Create a counterpart of nsim_init_netdevsim() and move the mock_phc_destroy() there.

This fixes a crash trying to destroy netdevsim with VFs instantiated, as caught by running the devlink.sh test:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000b8
RIP: 0010:mock_phc_destroy+0xd/0x30
Call Trace:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 nsim_destroy+0x4a/0x70 [netdevsim]
 __nsim_dev_port_del+0x47/0x70 [netdevsim]
 nsim_dev_reload_destroy+0x105/0x120 [netdevsim]
 nsim_drv_remove+0x2f/0xb0 [netdevsim]
 device_release_driver_internal+0x1a1/0x210
 bus_remove_device+0xd5/0x120
 device_del+0x159/0x490
 device_unregister+0x12/0x30
 del_device_store+0x11a/0x1a0 [netdevsim]
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1d0
 vfs_write+0x30b/0x4b0
 ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
 do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x1e0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

CVSS Scores

version 3.1