CVE-2024-35800

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.1.84 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix panic in kdump kernel Check if get_next_variable() is actually valid pointer before calling it. In kdump kernel this method is set to NULL that causes panic during the kexec-ed kernel boot. Tested with QEMU and OVMF firmware.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/090d2b4515ade379cd592fbc8931344945978210

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b71cd73d41ddac6b1760402bbe8c4932e23531

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7784135f134c13af17d9ffb39a57db8500bc60ff

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9114ba9987506bcfbb454f6e68558d68cb1abbde

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9d103aca85f082a343b222493f3cab1219aaaf4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 3.4%

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 < 6.1.84

linux/Kernel < 6.1.84linux

linux/Kernel < 6.6.24linux

linux/Kernel < 6.7.12linux

linux/Kernel < 6.8.3linux

Timeline

Published May 17, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026