Improper Locking Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.2


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-KERNELDOCS-7704674
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-38591  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-docs to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

RDMA/hns: Fix deadlock on SRQ async events.

xa_lock for SRQ table may be required in AEQ. Use xa_store_irq()/ xa_erase_irq() to avoid deadlock.

CVSS Scores

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