NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELRT-7731941
  • published21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-rt to version 0:5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:5365.

NVD Description

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

wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule

If the parsing fails, we can dereference a NULL pointer here.

CVSS Scores

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