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Red Hat: CVE-2024-42079: kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-42079: kernel: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/29/2024
Created
11/07/2024
Added
11/06/2024
Modified
11/06/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush In gfs2_jindex_free(), set sdp->sd_jdesc to NULL under the log flush lock to provide exclusion against gfs2_log_flush(). In gfs2_log_flush(), check if sdp->sd_jdesc is non-NULL before dereferencing it. Otherwise, we could run into a NULL pointer dereference when outstanding glock work races with an unmount (glock_work_func -> run_queue -> do_xmote -> inode_go_sync -> gfs2_log_flush).

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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