NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.119-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-8600787
  • published2 Jan 2025
  • disclosed17 Aug 2024

Introduced: 17 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

iommu: sprd: Avoid NULL deref in sprd_iommu_hw_en

In sprd_iommu_cleanup() before calling function sprd_iommu_hw_en() dom->sdev is equal to NULL, which leads to null dereference.

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

CVSS Scores

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