Use After Free Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.209.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELMACROS-8444353
  • published29 Nov 2024
  • disclosed28 Nov 2024

Introduced: 28 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-49991  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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:

drm/amdkfd: amdkfd_free_gtt_mem clear the correct pointer

Pass pointer reference to amdgpu_bo_unref to clear the correct pointer, otherwise amdgpu_bo_unref clear the local variable, the original pointer not set to NULL, this could cause use-after-free bug.

CVSS Base Scores

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