CVE-2024-36941 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference48 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 30
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule If the parsing fails, we can dereference a NULL pointer here.

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.12 — 4.19.314+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.218-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-192.212+4
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbe29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24 — 327382dc0f16b268950b96e0052595efd80f7b0a+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.94-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2024-36941 kernel: wifi: nl80211: don&#39;t free NULL coalescing rule↗2024-06-03
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