NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-8632751
  • published16 Jan 2025
  • disclosed11 Jan 2025

Introduced: 11 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-48873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-tools-libs-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

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