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SUSE: CVE-2024-38573: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/19/2024
Created
07/10/2024
Added
07/10/2024
Modified
07/11/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() and hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() can be called from different places with various parameters. So cpufreq_cpu_get() can return null as 'policy' in some circumstances. Fix this bug by adding null return check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-optional
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-vdso
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-livepatch
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-optional
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-vdso
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_debug-vdso
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kselftests-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-azure
  • suse-upgrade-reiserfs-kmp-rt

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