NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNEL-6298217
  • published28 Feb 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:5101.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c

devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS Scores

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