Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-42069 - 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: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls auxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function adev_release calls kfree(madev). We shouldn't call kfree(madev) again in the error handling path. Set 'madev' to NULL.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1864b8224195d0e43ddb92a8151f54f6562090cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1864b8224195d0e43ddb92a8151f54f6562090cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3243e64eb4d897c3eeb48b2a7221ab5a95e1282a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3243e64eb4d897c3eeb48b2a7221ab5a95e1282a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed45c0a0b662079d4c0e518014cc148c753979b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed45c0a0b662079d4c0e518014cc148c753979b4