CVE-2024-35940

2024-05-1911:15:49

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

vulnerability

pstore/zone

null pointer check

kasprintf

nvd

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

JSON

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

pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.10.0–5.10.215

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.155

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.86

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.27

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.8.6

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.9.0≥

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/pstore/zone.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "98e2b97acb87",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "0ff96ec22a84",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "635594cca59f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "ec7256887d07",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "6f9f2e498eae",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "98bc7e26e14f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/pstore/zone.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.10.215",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.155",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.86",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.27",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.8.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]