Use After Free Affecting kernel-azure-devel package, versions <5.14.21-150500.33.75.1


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-KERNELAZUREDEVEL-8534601
  • published19 Dec 2024
  • disclosed18 Dec 2024

Introduced: 18 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-49945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-azure-devel to version 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure

The work function can run after the ncsi device is freed, resulting in use-after-free bugs or kernel panic.

CVSS Scores

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