CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-38573

7.5 HIGH Published 2024-06-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-06-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() and hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() can be called from different places with various parameters. So cpufreq_cpu_get() can return null as 'policy' in some circumstances. Fix this bug by adding null return check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.161) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.93) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.33) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.8.12) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.9 < 6.9.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References