NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-macros package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.38.1


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-KERNELMACROS-8722965
  • published14 Feb 2025
  • disclosed13 Feb 2025

Introduced: 13 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-48873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-macros to version 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

CVSS Base Scores

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