NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULES-10056994
  • published7 May 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

CVE-2023-53015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0412.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules 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:

HID: betop: check shape of output reports

betopff_init() only checks the total sum of the report counts for each report field to be at least 4, but hid_betopff_play() expects 4 report fields. A device advertising an output report with one field and 4 report counts would pass the check but crash the kernel with a NULL pointer dereference in hid_betopff_play().

CVSS Base Scores

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