Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-35904 - 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: selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer. While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3c