CVE-2024-50000
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference to the modify field.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference to the modify field. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0168ab6fbd9e50d20b97486168b604b2ab28a2caPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcc86cc721bea68980098f51f102aa2c2b9d932Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4655456a64a0f936098c8432bac64e7176bd2affPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d80dde26d7bab1320210279483ac854dcb274b2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48ee5bb25c02ca2b81e0d16bf8af17ab6ed3f8bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f25389e779500cf4a59ef9804534237841bce536Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.