# CVE-2024-38637: greybus: lights: check return of get\_channel\_from\_mode

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240301190425.120605-1-m.lobanov@rosalinux.ru

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f4a76d477f0cc3c54d512f07f6f88c8e1c1e07b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2c64246e5dc8c0d35ec41770b85e2b4cafdff21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac10cf3a97ffd4b4deb0a29f57c118225a42850
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330f6bcdcef03f70f81db5f2ed6747af656a09f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b41a9b9c8be8c552f10633453fdb509e83b66f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518e2c46b5dbce40b1aa0100001d03c3ceaa7d38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895cdd9aa9546523df839f9cc1488a0ecc1e0731
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1ba19a1ae7cd1e324685ded4ab563e78fe68648

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