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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KMODULESEXTRA-8258969
  • published23 Oct 2024
  • disclosed21 Oct 2024

Introduced: 21 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-50009  (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-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-extra package and not the kernel-64k-modules-extra 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:

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.

CVSS Scores

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