Incorrect Check of Function Return Value Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-8282236
  • published23 Oct 2024
  • disclosed21 Oct 2024

Introduced: 21 Oct 2024

CVE-2023-52917  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-253  (opens in a new tab)

How 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:

ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()

The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers. It never returns NULL. So use IS_ERR() to check it.

CVSS Scores

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