NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7511145
- published 17 Jul 2024
- disclosed 12 Jul 2024
Introduced: 12 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-40919 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:
bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send()
In case of token is released due to token->state == BNXT_HWRM_DEFERRED, released token (set to NULL) is used in log messages. This issue is expected to be prevented by HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE error code. But this error code is returned by recent firmware. So some firmware may not return it. This may lead to NULL pointer dereference. Adjust this issue by adding token pointer check.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40919
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b65eaeae88d4e9f999e806e196dd887b90bfed9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b9741854a9fe9df948af49ca5514e0ed0429df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca6660c956242623b4cfe9be2a1abc67907c44bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde177fa235cd36f981012504a6376315bac03c9