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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2024-26975
HistoryMay 01, 2024 - 6:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-26975

2024-05-0106:15:14
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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7
linux kernel
powercap
intel_rapl
vulnerability
null pointer dereference
mmio
rapl driver
platforms
cpu id
intel_rapl_common
module
defaults_msr
commit 1488ac990ac8
sanity check

EPSS

0

Percentile

15.5%

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

powercap: intel_rapl: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

A NULL pointer dereference is triggered when probing the MMIO RAPL
driver on platforms with CPU ID not listed in intel_rapl_common CPU
model list.

This is because the intel_rapl_common module still probes on such
platforms even if ‘defaults_msr’ is not set after commit 1488ac990ac8
(“powercap: intel_rapl: Allow probing without CPUID match”). Thus the
MMIO RAPL rp->priv->defaults is NULL when registering to RAPL framework.

Fix the problem by adding sanity check to ensure rp->priv->rapl_defaults
is always valid.