NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-64kb-devel package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.17.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNEL64KBDEVEL-7649696
- published 8 Aug 2024
- disclosed 7 Aug 2024
Introduced: 7 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-39504 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-64kb-devel to version 6.4.0-150600.23.17.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb-devel package and not the kernel-64kb-devel package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_inner: validate mandatory meta and payload
Check for mandatory netlink attributes in payload and meta expression when used embedded from the inner expression, otherwise NULL pointer dereference is possible from userspace.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39504.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227757
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39323f54cad29602917848346c71b087da92a19d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30669fdea0ca03aa22995e6c99f7e7d9dee89ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4ab9da85b9df3692f861512fe6c9812f38b7471