CVE-2024-26770

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6.19 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity. [[email protected]: tweak changelog a bit]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.5.0 - 6.6.19linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.5
Linux/Linux 09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - 83527a13740f57b45f162e3af4c7db4b88521100
Linux/Linux 09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - b6eda11c44dc89a681e1c105f0f4660e69b1e183
Linux/Linux 09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - e71cc4a1e584293deafff1a7dea614b0210d0443
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.6.19 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.7 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
... and 2 more
Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026