CVE-2024-35940

pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read

kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: pstore/zone: agregue una verificación de puntero null a psz_kmsg_read kasprintf() devuelve un puntero a la memoria asignada dinámicamente que puede ser NULL en caso de falla. Asegúrese de que la asignación haya sido exitosa verificando la validez del puntero.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

CISAv3.1 5.5

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-05-17 CVE Reserved
2024-05-19 CVE Published
2024-05-20 EPSS Updated
2024-11-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2b97acb875d65bdfc75fc408e67975cef3041	2024-04-13
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff96ec22a84d80a18d7ae8ca7eb111c34ee33bb	2024-04-13
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635594cca59f9d7a8e96187600c34facb8bc0682	2024-04-13
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec7256887d072f98c42cdbef4dcc80ddf84c7a70	2024-04-13
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9f2e498eae7897ba5d3e33908917f68ff4abcc	2024-04-13
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8	2024-02-22

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.10.215 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.10.215"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.15.155 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.15.155"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.1.86 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.1.86"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.6.27 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.6.27"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.8.6 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.8.6"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 6.9 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 6.9"		en		Affected