NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESCORE-6365106
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed1 Mar 2024

Introduced: 1 Mar 2024

CVE-2021-47079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: fix a NULL pointer dereference

The third parameter of dytc_cql_command should not be NULL since it will be dereferenced immediately.

CVSS Scores

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