Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-49962 - 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: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb67e245dacd02b5e1d82733892647df1523982
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f282db38953ad71dd4f3f8877a4e1d37e580e30a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a907c113a8b66972f15f084d7dff960207b1f71d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5d4c7e76ba393d20366dfea1f39f24560ffb1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5