Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would cause potential NULL pointer dereference.
Fix the following smatch warnings:
fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check ‘kn’ (see line 1346)
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+4 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would cause potential NULL pointer dereference.
Fix the following smatch warnings:
fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check ‘kn’ (see line 1346)