Bugzilla – Bug 1227865
VUL-0: CVE-2024-40982: kernel: ssb: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent()
Last modified: 2024-07-15 18:15:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent() The ssb_device_uevent() function first attempts to convert the 'dev' pointer to 'struct ssb_device *'. However, it mistakenly dereferences 'dev' before performing the NULL check, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference if 'dev' is NULL. To fix this issue, move the NULL check before dereferencing the 'dev' pointer, ensuring that the pointer is valid before attempting to use it. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-40982 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40982 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789c17185fb0f39560496c2beab9b57ce1d0cbe7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d43c8377c6fc846b1812f8df360425c9323dc56 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5dc2d8eb3981bae261ea7d1060a80868e886813 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2024/CVE-2024-40982.mbox