NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.30.1


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-8509219
  • published14 Dec 2024
  • disclosed13 Dec 2024

Introduced: 13 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-49879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default to version 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 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:

drm: omapdrm: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

As it may return NULL pointer and cause NULL pointer dereference. Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue.

CVSS Scores

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