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Debian: CVE-2022-48772: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-48772: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/25/2024
Created
07/17/2024
Added
07/17/2024
Modified
07/17/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: lgdt3306a: Add a check against null-pointer-def The driver should check whether the client provides the platform_data. The following log reveals it: [ 29.610324] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 29.610730] Read of size 40 at addr 0000000000000000 by task bash/414 [ 29.612820] Call Trace: [ 29.613030] <TASK> [ 29.613201] dump_stack_lvl+0x56/0x6f [ 29.613496] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 29.613754] print_report.cold+0x494/0x6b7 [ 29.614082] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 29.614340] kasan_report+0x8a/0x190 [ 29.614628] ? kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 29.614888] kasan_check_range+0x14d/0x1d0 [ 29.615213] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 29.615454] kmemdup+0x30/0x40 [ 29.615700] lgdt3306a_probe+0x52/0x310 [ 29.616339] i2c_device_probe+0x951/0xa90

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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