CVE-2024-42069 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 29
Latest updateApr 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path
When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls
auxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function adev_release
calls kfree(madev). We shouldn't call kfree(madev) again
in the error handling path. Set 'madev' to NULL.
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