NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELZFCPDUMPDEVEL-9437400
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed15 Jan 2024

Introduced: 15 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-6915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2394.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump-devel package and not the kernel-zfcpdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A Null pointer dereference problem was found in ida_free in lib/idr.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow an attacker using this library to cause a denial of service problem due to a missing check at a function return.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1