Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-base package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.209.1.150200.9.109.1


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDEFAULTBASE-8442967
  • published29 Nov 2024
  • disclosed28 Nov 2024

Introduced: 28 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2022-48960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-default-base to version 5.3.18-150200.24.209.1.150200.9.109.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-base package and not the kernel-default-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net: hisilicon: Fix potential use-after-free in hix5hd2_rx()

The skb is delivered to napi_gro_receive() which may free it, after calling this, dereferencing skb may trigger use-after-free.

CVSS Scores

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