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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-52809: Important: kernel security update (ALSA-2024-7000)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-52809: Important: kernel security update (ALSA-2024-7000)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/21/2024
Created
09/27/2024
Added
09/26/2024
Modified
09/26/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in fc_lport_ptp_setup() fc_lport_ptp_setup() did not check the return value of fc_rport_create() which can return NULL and would cause a NULL pointer dereference. Address this issue by checking return value of fc_rport_create() and log error message on fc_rport_create() failed.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-bpftool
  • alma-upgrade-kernel
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-abi-stablelists
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-core
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-cross-headers
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-core
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-modules
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-debug-modules-extra
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-modules
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-modules-extra
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-core
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-devel
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-modules
  • alma-upgrade-kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra
  • alma-upgrade-perf
  • alma-upgrade-python3-perf

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