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CVE-2021-47289

ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference Commit 71f642833284 ("ACPI: utils: Fix reference counting in
for_each_acpi_dev_match()") started doing "acpi_dev_put()" on a pointer
that was possibly NULL. That fails miserably, because that helper
inline function is not set up to handle that case. Just make acpi_dev_put() silently accept a NULL pointer, rather than
calling down to put_device() with an invalid offset off that NULL
pointer.

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ACPI: corrige la desreferencia del puntero NULL. La confirmación 71f642833284 ("ACPI: utils: corrige el recuento de referencias en for_each_acpi_dev_match()") comenzó a hacer "acpi_dev_put()" en un puntero que posiblemente era NULL. Eso falla estrepitosamente, porque esa función auxiliar en línea no está configurada para manejar ese caso. Simplemente haga que acpi_dev_put() acepte silenciosamente un puntero NULL, en lugar de llamar a put_device() con un desplazamiento no válido de ese puntero NULL.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference Commit 71f642833284 ("ACPI: utils: Fix reference counting in for_each_acpi_dev_match()") started doing "acpi_dev_put()" on a pointer that was possibly NULL. That fails miserably, because that helper inline function is not set up to handle that case. Just make acpi_dev_put() silently accept a NULL pointer, rather than calling down to put_device() with an invalid offset off that NULL pointer.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-05-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-05-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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< 5.4.139
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Linux
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< 5.10.57
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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< 5.13.6
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Linux
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< 5.14
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