CVE-2024-47809

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dlm: fix possible lkb_resource null dereference This patch fixes a possible null pointer dereference when this function is called from request_lock() as lkb->lkb_resource is not assigned yet, only after validate_lock_args() by calling attach_lkb(). Another issue is that a resource name could be a non printable bytearray and we cannot assume to be ASCII coded. The log functionality is probably never being hit when DLM is used in normal way and no debug logging is enabled. The null pointer dereference can only occur on a new created lkb that does not have the resource assigned yet, it probably never hits the null pointer dereference but we should be sure that other changes might not change this behaviour and we actually can hit the mentioned null pointer dereference. In this patch we just drop the printout of the resource name, the lkb id is enough to make a possible connection to a resource name if this exists.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 11.9%
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 2.6.30 - 6.6.66linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.5linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 43279e5376017c40b4be9af5bc79cbb4ef6f53d7 - 2db11504ef82a60c1a2063ba7431a5cd013ecfcb
Linux/Linux 43279e5376017c40b4be9af5bc79cbb4ef6f53d7 - 6fbdc3980b70e9c1c86eccea7d5ee68108008fa7
Linux/Linux 43279e5376017c40b4be9af5bc79cbb4ef6f53d7 - 8d55ce46dd543c6965970ce70c22c3076dd35b1e
Linux/Linux 43279e5376017c40b4be9af5bc79cbb4ef6f53d7 - b98333c67daf887c724cd692e88e2db9418c0861
Linux/Linux 43279e5376017c40b4be9af5bc79cbb4ef6f53d7 - e1ffea6bec96d4349dbfcc42ad3e436259f64243
Linux/Linux 5.15.209 - 5.15.*
... and 5 more
Published Jan 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026