Threats tagged 'ghsa-4765-gch7-m8cw'

CVE-2024-42252 addresses a Linux kernel issue where a BUG_ON() macro was used in the closures subsystem, which could cause a kernel panic if triggered. The vulnerability involves a kernel BUG at lib/closure.c that leads to a fatal exception and system crash. The issue was identified during continuous integration testing and is considered a medium severity denial-of-service risk due to kernel panic. The fix involves changing the BUG_ON() to WARN_ON() to avoid kernel crashes in this scenario.