CVE-2024-35940

2024-05-2016:23:03

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linux kernel

vulnerability

null pointer

mitigation

psz_kmsg_read

kasprintf

dynamically allocated memory

6.5 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.