CVE-2024-27051 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateNov 19
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value
cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it
and return 0 in case of error.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxde322e085995b9417582d6f72229dadb5c09d163 — 9127599c075caff234359950117018a010dd01db+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
25OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories
26💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2024-27051 kernel: cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value↗2024-05-01