NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless package, versions <0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK64KMODULESWIRELESS-10792026
  • published19 Jul 2025
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless to version 0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20530.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless package and not the kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless 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/i915: Fix NULL pointer dereference in capture_engine

When the intel_context structure contains NULL, it raises a NULL pointer dereference error in drm_info().

(cherry picked from commit 754302a5bc1bd8fd3b7d85c168b0a1af6d4bba4d)

CVSS Base Scores

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