CVE-2024-43884 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: MGMT: Add error handling to pair_device()
hci_conn_params_add() never checks for a NULL value and could lead to a NULL
pointer dereference causing a crash.
Fixed by adding error handling in the function.
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