NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_61-rt package, versions <1-150500.11.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELLIVEPATCH514211505001361RT-7446967
  • published13 Jul 2024
  • disclosed10 Jul 2024

Introduced: 10 Jul 2024

CVE-2021-47601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_61-rt to version 1-150500.11.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_61-rt package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_61-rt 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:

tee: amdtee: fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL bug

The __get_free_pages() function does not return error pointers it returns NULL so fix this condition to avoid a NULL dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1