NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default-livepatch-devel package, versions <4.12.14-150100.197.157.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCHDEVEL-5907458
  • published20 Sept 2023
  • disclosed19 Sept 2023

Introduced: 19 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-default-livepatch-devel to version 4.12.14-150100.197.157.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch-devel package and not the kernel-default-livepatch-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1