NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7038732
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 22 May 2024
Introduced: 22 May 2024
CVE-2021-47464 Open this link in a new tabHow 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:
audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules
Fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules.
audit_filter_rules() error: we previously assumed 'ctx' could be null
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47464
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16802fa4c33eb1a8efb23f1e93365190e4047d05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9e46a700201b4c85081fd478c99c692a9aaa0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e3ee990c90494561921c756481d0e2125d8b895
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f451f1f60c58d73038c7c3177066f8f084e2a2
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