# CVE-2024-42248: tty: serial: ma35d1: Add a NULL check for of\_node

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-07 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: ma35d1: Add a NULL check for of_node The pdev->dev.of_node can be NULL if the "serial" node is absent. Add a NULL check to return an error in such cases.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23efa74cfe6eb923abb5b9bc51b2a04879013c67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e0e15ab2d3a094a38525d23c03d78ec7d14a40e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acd09ac253b5de8fd79fc61a482ee19154914c7a

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