CVE-2024-50153

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in target_alloc_device()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device() There is a null-ptr-deref issue reported by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod] ... kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod] core_dev_setup_virtual_lun0+0xef/0x1f0 [target_core_mod] target_core_init_configfs+0x205/0x420 [target_core_mod] do_one_initcall+0xdd/0x4e0 ... entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e In target_alloc_device(), if allocing memory for dev queues fails, then dev will be freed by dev->transport->free_device(), but dev->transport is not initialized at that time, which will lead to a null pointer reference problem. Fixing this bug by freeing dev with hba->backend->ops->free_device().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 16.9%
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 (22)
linux/Kernel < 5.10.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 6.1.115linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.6.59linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.11.6linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 008b936bbde3e87a611b3828a0d5d2a4f99026a0 - 8c1e6717f60d31f8af3937c23c4f1498529584e1
Linux/Linux 1526d9f10c6184031e42afad0adbdde1213e8ad1 - 14a6a2adb440e4ae97bee73b2360946bd033dadd
Linux/Linux 1526d9f10c6184031e42afad0adbdde1213e8ad1 - 39e02fa90323243187c91bb3e8f2f5f6a9aacfc7
Linux/Linux 1526d9f10c6184031e42afad0adbdde1213e8ad1 - 895ab729425ef9bf3b6d2f8d0853abe64896f314
Linux/Linux 1526d9f10c6184031e42afad0adbdde1213e8ad1 - b80e9bc85bd9af378e7eac83e15dd129557bbdb6
... and 12 more
Published Nov 07, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026