CVE-2024-42298

MEDIUM EPSS 13.0%
Published Aug 17, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 17, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: fsl: fsl_qmc_audio: Check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.4  –  <6.6.44
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.3

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af466037fa2b263e8ea5c47285513d2487e17d90
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4205dfcfe96182118e54343954827eda51b2135
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62599902327d27687693f6e5253a5d56583db58
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af466037fa2b263e8ea5c47285513d2487e17d90
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4205dfcfe96182118e54343954827eda51b2135
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62599902327d27687693f6e5253a5d56583db58
    Patch