<p>Upgrade <code>SLES:15.6</code> <code>kernel-syms</code> to version 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 or higher.</p>

Race Condition Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.7.1

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0.04% (6^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-7712104
published 20 Aug 2024
disclosed 25 Jun 2024

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Introduced: 25 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-24861 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150600.23.7.1 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.

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's media/xc4000 device driver in xc4000 xc4000_get_frequency() function. This can result in return value overflow issue, possibly leading to malfunction or denial of service issue.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

High
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High