NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7734907
- published 21 Aug 2024
- disclosed 17 Aug 2024
Introduced: 17 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-43829 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:
drm/qxl: Add check for drm_cvt_mode
Add check for the return value of drm_cvt_mode() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efe34f95b1ac8c138a46b14ce75956db0d6ee7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1f303bdeceac049e56e4b20eb5280bd9e02f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e87f592a46bb804d8f833da6ce702ae4b55053f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ef8d7816c8e4a6088275553818b9afc0ffaa03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bd09a2db0f617377027a2bb0b9179e6959edff3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c57354a06cb4a77998ff8aa40af89eee30e07b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28b353c0c6c7831a70ccca881bf2db5e6785cdd
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