NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-6743768
- published 30 Apr 2024
- disclosed 28 Apr 2024
Introduced: 28 Apr 2024
CVE-2022-48663 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-doc.
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.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpio: mockup: fix NULL pointer dereference when removing debugfs
We now remove the device's debugfs entries when unbinding the driver. This now causes a NULL-pointer dereference on module exit because the platform devices are unregistered after the global debugfs directory has been recursively removed. Fix it by unregistering the devices first.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48663
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18352095a0d581f6aeb1e9fc9d68cc0152cd64b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0bfabf06c74c260265c30ba81a34e7dec0e881
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7df41a6f79dfb18ba2203f8c5f0e9c0b9b57f68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdea98b98f844bd8a983ca880893e509a8b4162f