NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNEL-8240298
- published 22 Oct 2024
- disclosed 21 Oct 2024
Introduced: 21 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-49941 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpiod_get_label()
In gpiod_get_label(), it is possible that srcu_dereference_check() may
return a NULL pointer, leading to a scenario where label->str is accessed
without verifying if label itself is NULL.
This patch adds a proper NULL check for label before accessing
label->str. The check for label->str != NULL is removed because
label->str can never be NULL if label is not NULL.
This fixes the issue where the label name was being printed as (efault)
when dumping the sysfs GPIO file when label == NULL.