NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-7780736
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27025  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5102.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nbd: null check for nla_nest_start

nla_nest_start() may fail and return NULL. Insert a check and set errno based on other call sites within the same source code.

CVSS Scores

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