CVE-2024-38637
Apache Greybus Null Pointer Vulnerability (Double Pointer Invalid Memory Access)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
INFO
Published Date :
June 21, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:26 a.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330f6bcdcef03f70f81db5f2ed6747af656a09f2 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518e2c46b5dbce40b1aa0100001d03c3ceaa7d38 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895cdd9aa9546523df839f9cc1488a0ecc1e0731 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f4a76d477f0cc3c54d512f07f6f88c8e1c1e07b Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b41a9b9c8be8c552f10633453fdb509e83b66f8 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1ba19a1ae7cd1e324685ded4ab563e78fe68648 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c64246e5dc8c0d35ec41770b85e2b4cafdff21 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac10cf3a97ffd4b4deb0a29f57c118225a42850 -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 15, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f4a76d477f0cc3c54d512f07f6f88c8e1c1e07b [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c64246e5dc8c0d35ec41770b85e2b4cafdff21 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac10cf3a97ffd4b4deb0a29f57c118225a42850 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330f6bcdcef03f70f81db5f2ed6747af656a09f2 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b41a9b9c8be8c552f10633453fdb509e83b66f8 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518e2c46b5dbce40b1aa0100001d03c3ceaa7d38 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895cdd9aa9546523df839f9cc1488a0ecc1e0731 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1ba19a1ae7cd1e324685ded4ab563e78fe68648 [No types assigned]
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