CVE-2024-35891

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.18-6.1.84, 6.2-6.6.25, 6.7-6.8.4 - Null Pointer Dereference in PTP Header Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet. Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.0%
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 (15)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.85linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.26linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.5linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.85 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.26 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.8.5 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
Linux/Linux ece19502834d84ece2e056db28257ca2aa6e4d48 - 10608161696c2768f53426642f78a42bcaaa53e8
... and 5 more
Published May 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026