NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.40.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-KERNELRTMODULES-11328166
  • published30 Jul 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-44990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 kernel-rt-modules to version 0:5.14.0-503.40.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:4341.

NVD Description

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

bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok

We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1