NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-8079263
- published 24 Sep 2024
- disclosed 23 Sep 2024
Introduced: 23 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-42278 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 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.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: TAS2781: Fix tasdev_load_calibrated_data()
This function has a reversed if statement so it's either a no-op or it leads to a NULL dereference.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42278.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229403
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51be301d29d674ff328dfcf23705851f326f35b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d98741dbd1309a6f2d7cffbb10a8f036ec3ca06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92c78222168e9035a9bfb8841c2e56ce23e51f73
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