NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-7549245
- published 23 Jul 2024
- disclosed 22 Jul 2024
Introduced: 22 Jul 2024
CVE-2023-52783 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms 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-syms package and not the kernel-syms 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:
net: wangxun: fix kernel panic due to null pointer
When the device uses a custom subsystem vendor ID, the function wx_sw_init() returns before the memory of 'wx->mac_table' is allocated. The null pointer will causes the kernel panic.