NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7824272
- published 23 Aug 2024
- disclosed 22 Aug 2024
Introduced: 22 Aug 2024
CVE-2022-48915 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7683.
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:
thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference
Do not call get_trip_hyst() from thermal_genl_cmd_tz_get_trip() if the thermal zone does not define one.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48915
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0b51e62a50e9291764d022ed44549e65d6ab9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dafbf915c05f83469e791949b5590da2aca2afb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c294285cec3964b3291772ac0642c2bf440bd1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5838a14832d447990827d85e90afe17e6fb9c175
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