Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-default package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.22.1


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-SLES156-KERNELDEFAULT-8077743
  • published24 Sept 2024
  • disclosed23 Sept 2024

Introduced: 23 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-42080  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default to version 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access

struct rdma_restrack_entry's kern_name was set to KBUILD_MODNAME in ib_create_cq(), while if the module exited but forgot del this rdma_restrack_entry, it would cause a invalid address access in rdma_restrack_clean() when print the owner of this rdma_restrack_entry.

These code is used to help find one forgotten PD release in one of the ULPs. But it is not needed anymore, so delete them.

CVSS Scores

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