Incorrect Calculation Affecting python-perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PYTHONPERF-7841965
  • published28 Aug 2024
  • disclosed26 Aug 2024

Introduced: 26 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-44938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-682  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 python-perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf package and not the python-perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

When searching for the next smaller log2 block, BLKSTOL2() returned 0, causing shift exponent -1 to be negative.

This patch fixes the issue by exiting the loop directly when negative shift is found.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1