NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150600.8.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMSAZURE-7930311
  • published11 Sept 2024
  • disclosed10 Sept 2024

Introduced: 10 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-42277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms-azure to version 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms-azure package and not the kernel-syms-azure 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:

iommu: sprd: Avoid NULL deref in sprd_iommu_hw_en

In sprd_iommu_cleanup() before calling function sprd_iommu_hw_en() dom->sdev is equal to NULL, which leads to null dereference.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Scores

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