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-8080245
- published 24 Sep 2024
- disclosed 23 Sep 2024
Introduced: 23 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-42298 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: fsl: fsl_qmc_audio: Check devm_kasprintf() returned value
devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked.
Fix this lack and check the returned value.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42298.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229369
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af466037fa2b263e8ea5c47285513d2487e17d90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4205dfcfe96182118e54343954827eda51b2135
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62599902327d27687693f6e5253a5d56583db58
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