NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGCORE-3359360
- published 14 Mar 2023
- disclosed 18 Nov 2022
Introduced: 18 Nov 2022
CVE-2023-1382 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7077.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-core package and not the kernel-debug-core 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.