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HistoryMay 01, 2024 - 5:20 a.m.

CVE-2024-26975 powercap: intel_rapl: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

2024-05-0105:20:19
Linux
github.com
1
vulnerability resolved
powercap intel_rapl
null pointer
mmio rapl
cpu id
intel_rapl_common
module
platforms
defaults_msr
probe
rp->priv->rapl_defaults

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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.

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial