NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.188.1


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-KERNELSYMS-6690621
  • published29 Apr 2024
  • disclosed26 Apr 2024

Introduced: 26 Apr 2024

CVE-2021-47045  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-syms to version 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

scsi: lpfc: Fix null pointer dereference in lpfc_prep_els_iocb()

It is possible to call lpfc_issue_els_plogi() passing a did for which no matching ndlp is found. A call is then made to lpfc_prep_els_iocb() with a null pointer to a lpfc_nodelist structure resulting in a null pointer dereference.

Fix by returning an error status if no valid ndlp is found. Fix up comments regarding ndlp reference counting.

CVSS Scores

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