NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.12-rc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6282382
  • published27 Feb 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-46904  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.12-rc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to an error during the unregistration process of a tty device. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering this flaw.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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