# CVE-2024-26770: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity. [jkosina@suse.com: tweak changelog a bit]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83527a13740f57b45f162e3af4c7db4b88521100
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e71cc4a1e584293deafff1a7dea614b0210d0443
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6eda11c44dc89a681e1c105f0f4660e69b1e183

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