Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-35891 - 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: net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet. Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10608161696c2768f53426642f78a42bcaaa53e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10608161696c2768f53426642f78a42bcaaa53e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49767b0df276f12e3e7184601e09ee7430e252dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49767b0df276f12e3e7184601e09ee7430e252dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c1016a2d92c4c28a9d1b6d09859c00b19c0ea4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c1016a2d92c4c28a9d1b6d09859c00b19c0ea4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96c155943a703f0655c0c4cab540f67055960e91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96c155943a703f0655c0c4cab540f67055960e91