NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting reiserfs-kmp-default package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.22.1


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-REISERFSKMPDEFAULT-8081403
  • published24 Sept 2024
  • disclosed23 Sept 2024

Introduced: 23 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-43906  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 reiserfs-kmp-default to version 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reiserfs-kmp-default package and not the reiserfs-kmp-default 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:

drm/admgpu: fix dereferencing null pointer context

When user space sets an invalid ta type, the pointer context will be empty. So it need to check the pointer context before using it

CVSS Scores

version 3.1