NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-6532928
- published 4 Apr 2024
- disclosed 3 Apr 2024
Introduced: 3 Apr 2024
CVE-2024-26717 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-core.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-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:
HID: i2c-hid-of: fix NULL-deref on failed power up
A while back the I2C HID implementation was split in an ACPI and OF part, but the new OF driver never initialises the client pointer which is dereferenced on power-up failures.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26717
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00aab7dcb2267f2aef59447602f34501efe1a07f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cad91344a62536a2949873bad6365fbb6232776
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f5d219edbd174829aa18d4b3d97cd5fefbb783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7d7a0e3b6f5adc45f23667cbb919e99093a5b5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28d6b63aeecbda450935fb58db0e682ea8212d3
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