NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-modules-core package, versions <0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY10-KERNELMODULESCORE-14142523
  • published28 Nov 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-58020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:10 kernel-modules-core to version 0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:20095.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-core package and not the kernel-modules-core package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured

devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1