NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.194.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-7364152
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2024

Introduced: 24 Jun 2024

CVE-2021-47332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-default-livepatch to version 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

ALSA: usx2y: Don't call free_pages_exact() with NULL address

Unlike some other functions, we can't pass NULL pointer to free_pages_exact(). Add a proper NULL check for avoiding possible Oops.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1