NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-8285136
- published 23 Oct 2024
- disclosed 21 Oct 2024
Introduced: 21 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-50000 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 perf.
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:
net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()
In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference to the modify field.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50000
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0168ab6fbd9e50d20b97486168b604b2ab28a2ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcc86cc721bea68980098f51f102aa2c2b9d932
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4655456a64a0f936098c8432bac64e7176bd2aff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d80dde26d7bab1320210279483ac854dcb274b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48ee5bb25c02ca2b81e0d16bf8af17ab6ed3f8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f25389e779500cf4a59ef9804534237841bce536
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