NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-8087015
- published 24 Sep 2024
- disclosed 29 Jul 2024
Introduced: 29 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-41093 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6993.
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:
drm/amdgpu: avoid using null object of framebuffer
Instead of using state->fb->obj[0] directly, get object from framebuffer by calling drm_gem_fb_get_obj() and return error code when object is null to avoid using null object of framebuffer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41093
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330c8c1453848c04d335bad81371a66710210800
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ce0544cabaa608018d5922ab404dc656a9d8447
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f35e01cb0ea4d295f5c067bb5c67dfcddaf05bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcfa48ff785bd121316592b131ff6531e3e696bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9ec0ea4cdde0fc48116e63969fc83e81d7ef46