NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting dlm-kmp-default package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.164.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-DLMKMPDEFAULT-7365520
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2024

Introduced: 24 Jun 2024

CVE-2021-47340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 dlm-kmp-default to version 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dlm-kmp-default package and not the dlm-kmp-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

jfs: fix GPF in diFree

Avoid passing inode with JFS_SBI(inode->i_sb)->ipimap == NULL to diFree()[1]. GFP will appear:

struct inode *ipimap = JFS_SBI(ip-&gt;i_sb)-&gt;ipimap;
struct inomap *imap = JFS_IP(ipimap)-&gt;i_imap;

JFS_IP() will return invalid pointer when ipimap == NULL

Call Trace: diFree+0x13d/0x2dc0 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:853 [1] jfs_evict_inode+0x2c9/0x370 fs/jfs/inode.c:154 evict+0x2ed/0x750 fs/inode.c:578 iput_final fs/inode.c:1654 [inline] iput.part.0+0x3fe/0x820 fs/inode.c:1680 iput+0x58/0x70 fs/inode.c:1670

CVSS Base Scores

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