Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-27051 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return 0 in case of error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74b84d0d71180330efe67c82f973a87f828323e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74b84d0d71180330efe67c82f973a87f828323e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9127599c075caff234359950117018a010dd01db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9127599c075caff234359950117018a010dd01db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b25b64a241d769e932a022e5c780cf135ef56035
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b25b64a241d769e932a022e5c780cf135ef56035
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d951cf510fb0df91d3abac0121a59ebbc63c0567
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d951cf510fb0df91d3abac0121a59ebbc63c0567
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e3e51ffba0784782b1a076d7441605697ea3c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e3e51ffba0784782b1a076d7441605697ea3c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72160cb6e23b78b41999d6885a34ce8db536095
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e72160cb6e23b78b41999d6885a34ce8db536095
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f661017e6d326ee187db24194cabb013d81bc2a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f661017e6d326ee187db24194cabb013d81bc2a6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html