CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-46995

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-02-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-02-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_probe(): fix an error pointer dereference in probe When we converted this code to use dev_err_probe() we accidentally removed a return. It means that if devm_clk_get() it will lead to an Oops when we call clk_get_rate() on the next line.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.12 < 5.12.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References