# CVE-2024-42235: s390/mm: Add NULL pointer check to crst\_table\_free() base\_crst\_free()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/mm: Add NULL pointer check to crst_table_free() base_crst_free() crst_table_free() used to work with NULL pointers before the conversion to ptdescs. Since crst_table_free() can be called with a NULL pointer (error handling in crst_table_upgrade() add an explicit check. Also add the same check to base_crst_free() for consistency reasons. In real life this should not happen, since order two GFP_KERNEL allocations will not fail, unless FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC is enabled and used.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794fa52b94637d6b2e8c9474fbe3983af5c9f046
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f80bd8bb6f380bc265834c46058d38b34174813e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5efb63acf7bddaf20eacfcac654c25c446eabe8

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