Bug 2169480 - kernel: ice_gnss_create_tty_driver in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.
Summary: kernel: ice_gnss_create_tty_driver in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2169481
Blocks: 2167953
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Reported: 2023-02-13 17:27 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2023-06-21 18:19 UTC (History)
22 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Linux kernel 6.1-rc8
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Last Closed: 2023-02-15 05:13:02 UTC
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Description Alex 2023-02-13 17:27:53 UTC 
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8.
ice_gnss_create_tty_driver in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the
NULL Pointer Dereference.

Reference:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=40543b3d9d2c13227ecd3aa90a713c201d1d7f09
Comment 1 Alex 2023-02-13 17:28:15 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169481]
Comment 3 Justin M. Forbes 2023-03-01 19:31:52 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.1.7 stable kernel updates.
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