CVE-2024-26770

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6.19 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

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]

References (3)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83527a13740f57b45f162e3af4c7db4b88521100

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6eda11c44dc89a681e1c105f0f4660e69b1e183

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e71cc4a1e584293deafff1a7dea614b0210d0443

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 26.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.19

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 6.6.19linux

linux/Kernel < 6.7.7linux

Timeline

Published Apr 03, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026