What is CVE-2024-35916?

CVE-2024-35916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-35916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-35916

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck() If due to a memory allocation failure mock_chain() returns NULL, it is passed to dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() resulting in NULL pointer dereference there. Call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() only if mock_chain() succeeds. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Linux — versions d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af, 6.1, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35916?: CVE-2024-35916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-35916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.