CVE-2024-27060

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tb_port_update_credits() Olliver reported that his system crashes when plugging in Thunderbolt 1 device: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 [thunderbolt] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x23/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? tb_port_do_update_credits+0x1b/0x130 ? tb_switch_update_link_attributes+0x83/0xd0 tb_switch_add+0x7a2/0xfe0 tb_scan_port+0x236/0x6f0 tb_handle_hotplug+0x6db/0x900 process_one_work+0x171/0x340 worker_thread+0x27b/0x3a0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xe5/0x120 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 </TASK> This is due the fact that some Thunderbolt 1 devices only have one lane adapter. Fix this by checking for the lane 1 before we read its credits.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
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 (10)
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.12linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux 6.7.12 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 81af2952e60603d12415e1a6fd200f8073a2ad8b - ce64ba1f6ec3439e4b4d880b4db99673f4507228
Linux/Linux 81af2952e60603d12415e1a6fd200f8073a2ad8b - d3d17e23d1a0d1f959b4fa55b35f1802d9c584fa
Linux/Linux 9b6933e9bddc04655a894c74cd5c62202a5e3d89 - 440fba897c5ae32d7df1f1d609dbb19e2bba7fbb
linux/linux_kernel 6.8 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.7 - 6.7.12
Published May 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026