Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.167.1


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-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-7438529
  • published10 Jul 2024
  • disclosed9 Jul 2024

Introduced: 9 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-38545  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default-livepatch to version 5.3.18-150300.59.167.1 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:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

RDMA/hns: Fix UAF for cq async event

The refcount of CQ is not protected by locks. When CQ asynchronous events and CQ destruction are concurrent, CQ may have been released, which will cause UAF.

Use the xa_lock() to protect the CQ refcount.

CVSS Scores

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