NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6511960
  • published 28 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 26 Mar 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools.

NVD Description

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

drm/amd/display: Fix variable deferencing before NULL check in edp_setup_replay()

In edp_setup_replay(), 'struct dc *dc' & 'struct dmub_replay *replay' was dereferenced before the pointer 'link' & 'replay' NULL check.

Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/link/protocols/link_edp_panel_control.c:947 edp_setup_replay() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'link' (see line 933)

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

4.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High