Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-56767 - 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: dmaengine: at_xdmac: avoid null_prt_deref in at_xdmac_prep_dma_memset The at_xdmac_memset_create_desc may return NULL, which will lead to a null pointer dereference. For example, the len input is error, or the atchan->free_descs_list is empty and memory is exhausted. Therefore, add check to avoid this.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d229600c54e9e0909080ecaf1aab0642aefa5f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54376d8d26596f98ed7432a788314bb9154bf3e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d364597de9ce2a5f52714224bfe6c2e7a29b303
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c43ec96e8d34399bd9dab2f2dc316b904892133f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e658f1c133b854b2ae799147301d82dddb8f3162
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed1a8aaa344522c0c349ac9042db27ad130ef913
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdba6d5e455388377ec7e82a5913ddfcc7edd93b