vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-40928: ELSA-2024-5363: kernel security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 12, 2024 | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Added
Oct 16, 2024
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()
Clang static checker (scan-build) warning:
net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2
Called function pointer is null (null dereference).
Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix
this typo error.
net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()
Clang static checker (scan-build) warning:
net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2
Called function pointer is null (null dereference).
Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix
this typo error.
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
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