Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-8286338
- published 23 Oct 2024
- disclosed 21 Oct 2024
Introduced: 21 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-49991 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:
drm/amdkfd: amdkfd_free_gtt_mem clear the correct pointer
Pass pointer reference to amdgpu_bo_unref to clear the correct pointer, otherwise amdgpu_bo_unref clear the local variable, the original pointer not set to NULL, this could cause use-after-free bug.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49991
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30ceb873cc2e97348d9da2265b2d1ddf07f682e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9289806591807e4e3be9a23df8ee2069180055
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71f3240f82987f0f070ea5bed559033de7d4c0e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86ad39140bbcb9dc75a10046c2221f657e8083b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7831613cbbcd9058d3658fbcdc5d5884ceb2e0c