CVE-2024-53222 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateJul 8
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zram: fix NULL pointer in comp_algorithm_show()
LTP reported a NULL pointer dereference as followed:
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 5995 Comm: cat Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6+ #3
Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140
lr : zcomp_available_show+0x60/0x100 [zram]
sp : ffff800088b93b90
x29: ffff800088b93b90 x28: 00000…
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 Packages7 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
15OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.11, linux-hwe-6.11, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-06-30