# CVE-2024-45002: rtla/osnoise: Prevent NULL dereference in error handling

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtla/osnoise: Prevent NULL dereference in error handling If the "tool->data" allocation fails then there is no need to call osnoise_free_top() and, in fact, doing so will lead to a NULL dereference.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc575212c6b75d538e1a0a74f4c7e2ac73bc46ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753f1745146e03abd17eec8eee95faffc96d743d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abdb9ddaaab476e62805e36cce7b4ef8413ffd01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90574d2a675947858b47008df8d07f75ea50d0d0

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