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-7553017
- published 23 Jul 2024
- disclosed 22 Jul 2024
Introduced: 22 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-38546 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:
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.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38546.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226593
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a345fe928c21de6f3c3c7230ff509d715153a31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d9adecc88ab678785b581ab021f039372c324cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c22b63056cea259d5313bf138a834840af85a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf1874aec42058a5ad621a23b5b2f248def0e96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80431ea3634efb47a3004305d76486db9dd8ed49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7827d46d403f8cdb43d16744cb1114e4726b21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c534b63bede6cb987c2946ed4d0b0013a52c5ba7