CVE-2024-39470
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in eventfs_find_events
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events() In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL. Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
11.6%
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 (14)
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.34linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.5linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.8
Linux/Linux
6.10
Linux/Linux
6.6.18 - 6.6.34
Linux/Linux
6.6.34 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux
6.7.4 - 6.8
Linux/Linux
6.8
Linux/Linux
6.9.5 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux
628adb842bd5e1c2c598534a7a022b8235289de6 - 5ade5fbdbbb1f023bb70730ba4d74146c8bc7eb9
... and 4 more
Published
Jun 25, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026