Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-devel 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-KERNELDEFAULTDEVEL-7705271
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-40903  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-devel 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-default-devel package and not the kernel-default-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:

usb: typec: tcpm: fix use-after-free case in tcpm_register_source_caps

There could be a potential use-after-free case in tcpm_register_source_caps(). This could happen when:

  • new (say invalid) source caps are advertised
  • the existing source caps are unregistered
  • tcpm_register_source_caps() returns with an error as usb_power_delivery_register_capabilities() fails

This causes port->partner_source_caps to hold on to the now freed source caps.

Reset port->partner_source_caps value to NULL after unregistering existing source caps.

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