# CVE-2024-57988: Bluetooth: btbcm: Fix NULL deref in btbcm\_get\_board\_name()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btbcm: Fix NULL deref in btbcm_get_board_name() devm_kstrdup() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in btbcm_get_board_name() is not checked. Add NULL check in btbcm_get_board_name(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2f2d9199e61819cca5da0121dfa4d4cb57000f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74af8b9d0e79deefd2d43e14b84575839a849169
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b88655bc6593c6a7fdc1248b212d17e581c4334e

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