NULL pointer dereference in Linux
CVE-2021-47289
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference Commit 71f642833284 ("ACPI: utils: Fix reference counting in for_each_acpi_dev_match()") started doing "acpi_dev_put()" on a pointer that was possibly NULL. That fails miserably, because that helper inline function is not set up to handle that case. Just make acpi_dev_put() silently accept a NULL pointer, rather than calling down to put_device() with an invalid offset off that NULL pointer.
EPSS: 0.002 (14.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions fe066621c7966fe47fa17c6be6fd81adb3c0509f, 5.2, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.14
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-47289?
- CVE-2021-47289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2021-47289?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.