NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-8287747
- published 23 Oct 2024
- disclosed 21 Oct 2024
Introduced: 21 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-50009 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:
cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value
cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return in case of error.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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