NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-devel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEVEL-6559747
- published 4 Apr 2024
- disclosed 3 Apr 2024
Introduced: 3 Apr 2024
CVE-2024-26716 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel 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:
usb: core: Prevent null pointer dereference in update_port_device_state
Currently, the function update_port_device_state gets the usb_hub from udev->parent by calling usb_hub_to_struct_hub. However, in case the actconfig or the maxchild is 0, the usb_hub would be NULL and upon further accessing to get port_dev would result in null pointer dereference.
Fix this by introducing an if check after the usb_hub is populated.