NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-cross-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELCROSSHEADERS-6199421
- published 26 Jan 2024
- disclosed 18 Nov 2022
Introduced: 18 Nov 2022
CVE-2023-1382 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-cross-headers to version 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0412.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-cross-headers package and not the kernel-cross-headers package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A data race flaw was found in the Linux kernel, between where con is allocated and con->sock is set. This issue leads to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing con->sock->sk in net/tipc/topsrv.c in the tipc protocol in the Linux kernel.