NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.14-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-13329773
  • published6 Oct 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-57978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.14-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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

media: imx-jpeg: Fix potential error pointer dereference in detach_pm()

The proble is on the first line:

if (jpeg-&gt;pd_dev[i] &amp;&amp; !pm_runtime_suspended(jpeg-&gt;pd_dev[i]))

If jpeg->pd_dev[i] is an error pointer, then passing it to pm_runtime_suspended() will lead to an Oops. The other conditions check for both error pointers and NULL, but it would be more clear to use the IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check for that.

CVSS Base Scores

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