NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-7803806
- published 22 Aug 2024
- disclosed 20 Aug 2024
Introduced: 20 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-43866 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:
net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback
There is no point in recovery during device shutdown. if health work started need to wait for it to avoid races and NULL pointer access.
Hence, drain health WQ on shutdown callback.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43866
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b75da22ed1e6171e261bc9265370162553d5393
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6048dec754554a1303d632be6042d3feb3295285
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b6c2ebd83f2bf97e8f221479372aaca97a4a9b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5005e2e159b300c1b8c6820a1e13a62eb0127b9b
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