Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.111.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELDEVEL-6445060
  • published15 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Mar 2024

Introduced: 14 Mar 2024

CVE-2021-46932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-devel to version 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

Input: appletouch - initialize work before device registration

Syzbot has reported warning in __flush_work(). This warning is caused by work->func == NULL, which means missing work initialization.

This may happen, since input_dev->close() calls cancel_work_sync(&dev->work), but dev->work initalization happens after input_register_device() call.

So this patch moves dev->work initialization before registering input device

CVSS Scores

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