NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-core package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-7899599
- published 5 Sep 2024
- disclosed 4 Sep 2024
Introduced: 4 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-44990 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:
bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok
We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44990
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0707260a18312bbcd2a5668584e3692d0a29e3f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5bdd68c1ce64bda6bef4d361a3de23b04ccd59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a0173600c63aadaf2103bf02f074982e8602ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81216b9352be43f8958092d379f6dec85443c309
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c90e4ad89d493a7a14fa200082e466e2548f9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70b0ddfed31fc92c8dc722d0afafc8e14cb550c
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