NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms-azure package, versions <5.14.21-150500.33.57.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELSYMSAZURE-7253809
  • published14 Jun 2024
  • disclosed13 Jun 2024

Introduced: 13 Jun 2024

CVE-2023-52877  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-syms-azure to version 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms-azure package and not the kernel-syms-azure 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 NULL pointer dereference in tcpm_pd_svdm()

It is possible that typec_register_partner() returns ERR_PTR on failure. When port->partner is an error, a NULL pointer dereference may occur as shown below.

[91222.095236][ T319] typec port0: failed to register partner (-17) ... [91225.061491][ T319] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000000000039f [91225.274642][ T319] pc : tcpm_pd_data_request+0x310/0x13fc [91225.274646][ T319] lr : tcpm_pd_data_request+0x298/0x13fc [91225.308067][ T319] Call trace: [91225.308070][ T319] tcpm_pd_data_request+0x310/0x13fc [91225.308073][ T319] tcpm_pd_rx_handler+0x100/0x9e8 [91225.355900][ T319] kthread_worker_fn+0x178/0x58c [91225.355902][ T319] kthread+0x150/0x200 [91225.355905][ T319] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

Add a check for port->partner to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer.

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