NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-modules package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULES-7596720
- published 5 Aug 2024
- disclosed 29 Jul 2024
Introduced: 29 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-42080 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-modules.
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:
RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access
struct rdma_restrack_entry's kern_name was set to KBUILD_MODNAME in ib_create_cq(), while if the module exited but forgot del this rdma_restrack_entry, it would cause a invalid address access in rdma_restrack_clean() when print the owner of this rdma_restrack_entry.
These code is used to help find one forgotten PD release in one of the ULPs. But it is not needed anymore, so delete them.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42080
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782bdaf9d01658281bc813f3f873e6258aa1fd8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8656ef8a9288d6c932654f8d3856dc4ab1cfc6b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac281d42337f36cf7061cf1ea094181b84bc1a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca537a34775c103f7b14d7bbd976403f1d1525d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f45b43d17240e9ca67ebf3cc82bb046b07cc1c61