NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7587788
- published 5 Aug 2024
- disclosed 30 Jul 2024
Introduced: 30 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-42224 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:
net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list
Since commit a3c53be55c95 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Support multiple MDIO busses") mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus() has checked that the return value of list_first_entry() is non-NULL.
This appears to be intended to guard against the list chip->mdios being empty. However, it is not the correct check as the implementation of list_first_entry is not designed to return NULL for empty lists.
Instead, use list_first_entry_or_null() which does return NULL if the list is empty.
Flagged by Smatch. Compile tested only.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a2fe25a103cef73cde356e6d09da10f607e93f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf8d70e1455f87856640c3433b3660a31001618
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f25b5f1635449036692a44b771f39f772190c1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47d28dde172696031c880c5778633cdca30394ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7f3950a9fd53a62b156c0fe7c3a2c43b0ba19b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2c3cca816d074c75a2801d1ca0dea7b0148114
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa03f591ef31ba603a4a99d05d25a0f21ab1cd89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75625db838ade28f032dacd0f0c8baca42ecde4