NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.70.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-7893641
- published 4 Sep 2024
- disclosed 30 May 2024
Introduced: 30 May 2024
CVE-2024-36941 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-477.70.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6206.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf 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:
wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule
If the parsing fails, we can dereference a NULL pointer here.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36941
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/244822c09b4f9aedfb5977f03c0deeb39da8ec7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327382dc0f16b268950b96e0052595efd80f7b0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a730a161ac2290d46d49be76b2b1aee8d2eb307
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/801ea33ae82d6a9d954074fbcf8ea9d18f1543a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97792d0611ae2e6fe3ccefb0a94a1d802317c457
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad12c74e953b68ad85c78adc6408ed8435c64af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0db4caa10f2e4e811cf88744fbf0d074b67ec1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92772a642485394db5c9a17bd0ee73fc6902383
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
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