CVE-2024-35940 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 19
Latest updateSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.
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 Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxd26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 — 98e2b97acb875d65bdfc75fc408e67975cef3041+6
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14📋Vendor Advisories
14💬Community
1Bugzilla
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