<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:9</code> <code>kernel-core</code> to version 0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2023:3366</code>.</p>

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7725518
published 21 Aug 2024
disclosed 4 Apr 2023

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Introduced: 4 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-24537 Open this link in a new tab CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3366.

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.

Calling any of the Parse functions on Go source code which contains //line directives with very large line numbers can cause an infinite loop due to integer overflow.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2

Severity

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating