CVE-2024-35940

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in pstore/zone psz_kmsg_read

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
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 (21)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.155linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.8.0 - 5.10.215linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.27linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.6linux
Linux/Linux < 5.8
Linux/Linux 5.10.215 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.155 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.8
... and 11 more
Published May 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026