# CVE-2024-35916: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck()

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-19 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck() If due to a memory allocation failure mock_chain() returns NULL, it is passed to dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() resulting in NULL pointer dereference there. Call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() only if mock_chain() succeeds. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0336995512cdab0c65e99e4cdd47c4606debe14e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156c226cbbdcf5f3bce7b2408a33b59fab7fae2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eabf131cba1db12005a68378305f13b9090a7a6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2295bd846765c766701e666ed2e4b35396be25e6

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