CVE-2024-24856 Affecting acpica-unix package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ACPICAUNIX-7148498
  • published28 May 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-24856  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 acpica-unix.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream acpica-unix package and not the acpica-unix package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The memory allocation function ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED does not guarantee a successful allocation, but the subsequent code directly dereferences the pointer that receives it, which may lead to null pointer dereference.

To fix this issue, a null pointer check should be added. If it is null, return exception code AE_NO_MEMORY.