CVE-2024-40928 Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-7779277
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40928  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5363.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel 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:

net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()

Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference).

Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.

CVSS Scores

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