NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-5.10 package, versions <5.10.216-1~deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LINUX510-7371233
  • published26 Jun 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 linux-5.10 to version 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-5.10 package and not the linux-5.10 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value

cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return 0 in case of error.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS Scores

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