Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.33.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-8646137
  • published18 Jan 2025
  • disclosed17 Jan 2025

Introduced: 17 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-53103  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default-livepatch to version 6.4.0-150600.23.33.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer

When hvs is released, there is a possibility that vsk->trans may not be initialized to NULL, which could lead to a dangling pointer. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1