Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list
When the parameter pmac_id_valid argument of be_cmd_get_mac_from_list() is set to false, the driver may request the PMAC_ID from the firmware of the network card, and this function will store that PMAC_ID at the provided address pmac_id. This is the contract of this function.
However, there is a location within the driver where both pmac_id_valid == false and pmac_id == NULL are being passed. This could result in dereferencing a NULL pointer.
To resolve this issue, it is necessary to pass the address of a stub variable to the function.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.15.0 (+12 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | Released |
16 kernels
|
| AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU | Released |
3 kernels
|
| Debian 11 | Released |
37 kernels
|
| Debian 11 cloud | Released |
17 kernels
|
| Debian 12 | Released |
33 kernels
|
| Debian 13 | Planned | — |
| Oracle Linux 8 UEK 7 | Released |
85 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 | Released |
85 kernels
|
| Proxmox VE 7 5.15 | Released |
47 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE AWS | Released |
57 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Azure | Released |
40 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Released |
92 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Released |
83 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Released |
74 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Released |
43 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Planned | — |