NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELDOC-3359078
- published 14 Mar 2023
- disclosed 18 Nov 2022
Introduced: 18 Nov 2022
CVE-2023-1382 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-doc to version 0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2458.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
A data race flaw was found in the Linux kernel, between where con is allocated and con->sock is set. This issue leads to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing con->sock->sk in net/tipc/topsrv.c in the tipc protocol in the Linux kernel.