NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELTOOLS-7264096
- published 15 Jun 2024
- disclosed 22 Feb 2024
Introduced: 22 Feb 2024
CVE-2023-52448 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:3138.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools 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:
gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump
Syzkaller has reported a NULL pointer dereference when accessing rgd->rd_rgl in gfs2_rgrp_dump(). This can happen when creating rgd->rd_gl fails in read_rindex_entry(). Add a NULL pointer check in gfs2_rgrp_dump() to prevent that.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52448
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/067a7c48c2c70f05f9460d6f0e8423e234729f05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c28478af371a1c3fdb570ca67f110e1ae60fc37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8877243beafa7c6bfc42022cbfdf9e39b25bd4fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c323efd620c741168c8e0cc6fc0be04ab57e331a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69d7804cf9e2ba171a27e5f98bc266f13d0414a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee0586d73cbaf0e7058bc640d62a9daf2dfa9178
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc8ef87ab9185a23d5676f2f7d986022d91bcde
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html