Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-debug-uki-virt package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELDEBUGUKIVIRT-6429342
  • published13 Mar 2024
  • disclosed29 Feb 2024

Introduced: 29 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-debug-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-uki-virt package and not the kernel-debug-uki-virt 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:

netfs, fscache: Prevent Oops in fscache_put_cache()

This function dereferences "cache" and then checks if it's IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Check first, then dereference.

CVSS Scores

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