NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.158.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELMACROS-9533106
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed26 Mar 2025

Introduced: 26 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2022-49448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-macros to version 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc()

As the potential failure of allocation, devm_kzalloc() may return NULL. Then the 'pd->pmb' and the follow lines of code may bring null pointer dereference.

Therefore, it is better to check the return value of devm_kzalloc() to avoid this confusion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1