NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-abi-stablelists package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-KERNELABISTABLELISTS-7576058
  • published1 Aug 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:4928.

NVD Description

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

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

scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup()

fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which can return NULL and would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed.

CVSS Scores

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