Use After Free Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-7330581
- published 21 Jun 2024
- disclosed 19 Jun 2024
Introduced: 19 Jun 2024
CVE-2024-38561 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit: Fix kthread reference
There is a race condition when a kthread finishes after the deadline and before the call to kthread_stop(), which may lead to use after free.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38561
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec7ccb4cd4b6f72c2998b07880fa7aaf8dfe1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2ebd3758e1cef6a1f998a1f7ea73310dcb1699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5c841a559ccb700c8d27a3ca645b7a5f59b4f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b755cb5a5e0d7168c3ab1b3814b0d3cad9f017
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8aa1b98ce40184521ed95ec26cc115a255183b2
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