NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_100-default package, versions <1-150400.9.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELLIVEPATCH5142115040024100DEFAULT-6125360
  • published14 Dec 2023
  • disclosed13 Dec 2023

Introduced: 13 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-46862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_100-default to version 1-150400.9.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_100-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_100-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.5.9. During a race with SQ thread exit, an io_uring/fdinfo.c io_uring_show_fdinfo NULL pointer dereference can occur.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1