CVE-2024-49962
ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.4
References 9
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e
- stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5
- stable/c/cbb67e245dacd02b5e1d82733892647df1523982
- stable/c/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c
- stable/c/f282db38953ad71dd4f3f8877a4e1d37e580e30a
- stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546
- stable/c/a907c113a8b66972f15f084d7dff960207b1f71d
- stable/c/ae5d4c7e76ba393d20366dfea1f39f24560ffb1d
- stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330