CVE-2024-56730
net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation
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Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/9p/usbg: fix handling of the failed kzalloc() memory allocation
On the linux-next, next-20241108 vanilla kernel, the coccinelle tool gave the
following error report:
./net/9p/trans_usbg.c:912:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 911 returns
NULL not ERR_PTR on failure
kzalloc() failure is fixed to handle the NULL return case on the memory exhaustion.
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Timeline
- 2024-12-27 CVE Reserved
- 2024-12-29 CVE Published
- 2024-12-29 CVE Updated
- 2024-12-30 EPSS Updated
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References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3be076dc174d9022a71a12554feb4c97b5c4d5c | Vuln. Introduced |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdb416de8b5795fd25fadcb69e1198b6df6d8cc | 2024-12-05 | |
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff1060813d9347e8c45c8b8cff93a4dfdb6726ad | 2024-11-16 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.12 < 6.12.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.12.2" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.12 < 6.13-rc1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.13-rc1" | en |
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