NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.209.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELMACROS-8443933
  • published29 Nov 2024
  • disclosed28 Nov 2024

Introduced: 28 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2023-52919  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-macros to version 5.3.18-150200.24.209.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

nfc: nci: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge()

Handle memory allocation failure from nci_skb_alloc() (calling alloc_skb()) to avoid possible NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Scores

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