kernel: block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's block device subsystem. An invalid pointer dereference could occur within the blkaddpartition function due to incorrect error handling. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fixed potential invalid pointer dereferencing in blkaddpartition. The blkaddpartition function originally used a single if-condition ISERRpart to check for errors when adding a partition. This was modified to handle the ca...

block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition

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SUSE CVE-2024-47705

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blkaddpartition The blkaddpartition function initially used a single if-condition ISERRpart to check for errors when adding a partition. This was modified to handle the specific...

AZL-51219 CVE-2024-47705 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.56.1-5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blkaddpartition The blkaddpartition function initially used a single if-condition ISERRpart to check for errors when adding a partition. This was modified to handle the specific...

Null pointer dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: add check that partition length needs to be aligned with block size Before calling add partition or resize partition, there is no check on whether the length is aligned with the logical block size. If the logical block siz...