Homepage

NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-8549636
  • published25 Dec 2024
  • disclosed24 Dec 2024
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 24 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-53157  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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:

firmware: arm_scpi: Check the DVFS OPP count returned by the firmware

Fix a kernel crash with the below call trace when the SCPI firmware returns OPP count of zero.

dvfs_info.opp_count may be zero on some platforms during the reboot test, and the kernel will crash after dereferencing the pointer to kcalloc(info->count, sizeof(*opp), GFP_KERNEL).

| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028 | Mem abort info: | ESR = 0x96000004 | Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits | SET = 0, FnV = 0 | EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 | Data abort info: | ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 | CM = 0, WnR = 0 | user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000faefa08c | [0000000000000028] pgd=0000000000000000 | Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP | scpi-hwmon: probe of PHYT000D:00 failed with error -110 | Process systemd-udevd (pid: 1701, stack limit = 0x00000000aaede86c) | CPU: 2 PID: 1701 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.19.90+ #1 | Hardware name: PHYTIUM LTD Phytium FT2000/4/Phytium FT2000/4, BIOS | pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO) | pc : scpi_dvfs_recalc_rate+0x40/0x58 [clk_scpi] | lr : clk_register+0x438/0x720 | Call trace: | scpi_dvfs_recalc_rate+0x40/0x58 [clk_scpi] | devm_clk_hw_register+0x50/0xa0 | scpi_clk_ops_init.isra.2+0xa0/0x138 [clk_scpi] | scpi_clocks_probe+0x528/0x70c [clk_scpi] | platform_drv_probe+0x58/0xa8 | really_probe+0x260/0x3d0 | driver_probe_device+0x12c/0x148 | device_driver_attach+0x74/0x98 | __driver_attach+0xb4/0xe8 | bus_for_each_dev+0x88/0xe0 | driver_attach+0x30/0x40 | bus_add_driver+0x178/0x2b0 | driver_register+0x64/0x118 | __platform_driver_register+0x54/0x60 | scpi_clocks_driver_init+0x24/0x1000 [clk_scpi] | do_one_initcall+0x54/0x220 | do_init_module+0x54/0x1c8 | load_module+0x14a4/0x1668 | __se_sys_finit_module+0xf8/0x110 | __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x24/0x30 | el0_svc_common+0x78/0x170 | el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78 | el0_svc+0x8/0x340 | Code: 937d7c00 a94153f3 a8c27bfd f9400421 (b8606820) | ---[ end trace 06feb22469d89fa8 ]--- | Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception | SMP: stopping secondary CPUs | Kernel Offset: disabled | CPU features: 0x10,a0002008 | Memory Limit: none

CVSS Scores

version 3.1