NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-8042609
- published 18 Sep 2024
- disclosed 18 Sep 2024
Introduced: 18 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-46739 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-debug-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel 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:
uio_hv_generic: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in hv_uio_rescind
For primary VM Bus channels, primary_channel pointer is always NULL. This pointer is valid only for the secondary channels. Also, rescind callback is meant for primary channels only.
Fix NULL pointer dereference by retrieving the device_obj from the parent for the primary channel.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46739
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8e020e51ab07e40f9dd00b52f1da7d96fec04c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2be373469be1774bbe03b0fa7e2854e65005b1cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3005091cd537ef8cdb7530dcb2ecfba8d2ef475c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d414b64ecf6fd717d7510ffb893c6f23acbf50e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/928e399e84f4e80307dce44e89415115c473275b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de6946be9c8bc7d2279123433495af7c21011b99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f38f46da80a2ab7d1b2f8fcb444c916034a2dac4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1adbd7e50f3d2de56d0a2bb0700e2e819a329e