NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.25.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-8173737
- published 10 Oct 2024
- disclosed 9 Oct 2024
Introduced: 9 Oct 2024
New CVE-2024-40973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 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:
media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP
The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40973.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227890
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354
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