NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-64kb package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1


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-SLES155-KERNEL64KB-7698226
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-48756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-64kb to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb package and not the kernel-64kb package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/msm/dsi: invalid parameter check in msm_dsi_phy_enable

The function performs a check on the "phy" input parameter, however, it is used before the check.

Initialize the "dev" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493860 ("Null pointer dereference")

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