Linux Kernel up to 6.6.26/6.8.5 pmdomain devm_kasprintf null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.26/6.8.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function devm_kasprintf of the component pmdomain. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-35943. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.26/6.8.5. Affected by this vulnerability is the function devm_kasprintf of the component pmdomain. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pmdomain: ti: Add a null pointer check to the omap_prm_domain_init devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-35943 since 05/17/2024. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208099 (Debian dsa-5782 : affs-modules-6.1.0-21-4kc-malta-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.27 or 6.8.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ce666cecc09c/04f23510daa4/5d7f58ee0843 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208099). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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