CVE-2024-42254

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in io_uring Buffer Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix error pbuf checking Syz reports a problem, which boils down to NULL vs IS_ERR inconsistent error handling in io_alloc_pbuf_ring(). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:__io_remove_buffers+0xac/0x700 io_uring/kbuf.c:341 Call Trace: <TASK> io_put_bl io_uring/kbuf.c:378 [inline] io_destroy_buffers+0x14e/0x490 io_uring/kbuf.c:392 io_ring_ctx_free+0xa00/0x1070 io_uring/io_uring.c:2613 io_ring_exit_work+0x80f/0x8a0 io_uring/io_uring.c:2844 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd40 kernel/workqueue.c:3390 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.1%
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 (9)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.10.1linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 46b1b3d81a7e99574e1a2f914086bc2fe382d79d - 78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10.1 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 87585b05757dc70545efb434669708d276125559 - 68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99d
Linux/Linux 87585b05757dc70545efb434669708d276125559 - bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97e
linux/linux_kernel 6.10 (8 CPE variants)
Published Aug 08, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026