NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-1062.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-4883939
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2029.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occurs because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during allocation.