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HistoryMar 06, 2024 - 7:15 a.m.

Null pointer dereference

2024-03-0607:15:00
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6
linux kernel
powerpc
null pointer dereference
pgtable_cache_add
kasprintf
nvd

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.1%

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

powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add

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