CVE-2024-38573

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

19/06/2024

Last modified:

01/04/2025

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 &#39;policy&#39; in some circumstances. Fix this bug by adding null return check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.161 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.93 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.8.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.9 (including)	6.9.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-38573

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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