NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-7042799
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 21 May 2024
Introduced: 21 May 2024
CVE-2023-52788 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs 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:
i915/perf: Fix NULL deref bugs with drm_dbg() calls
When i915 perf interface is not available dereferencing it will lead to NULL dereferences.
As returning -ENOTSUPP is pretty clear return when perf interface is not available.
[tursulin: added stable tag] (cherry picked from commit 36f27350ff745bd228ab04d7845dfbffc177a889)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52788
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f49cdfd5fb342a1a9641930dc040c570694e98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1566e8be73fd5fa424e88d2a4cffdc34f970f0e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471aa951bf1206d3c10d0daa67005b8e4db4ff83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55db76caa782baa4a1bf02296e2773c38a524a3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8e105030083e7b71591cdf437e464bcd8a0c09