NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-6752571
  • published2 May 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2023-52650  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-rt-modules-extra 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-rt-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-modules-extra 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/tegra: dsi: Add missing check for of_find_device_by_node

Add check for the return value of of_find_device_by_node() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Scores

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