NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.14.2


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-KERNELOBSBUILD-7553242
  • published23 Jul 2024
  • disclosed22 Jul 2024

Introduced: 22 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-38546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-obs-build to version 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-obs-build package and not the kernel-obs-build 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: vc4: Fix possible null pointer dereference

In vc4_hdmi_audio_init() of_get_address() may return NULL which is later dereferenced. Fix this bug by adding NULL check.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Scores

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