What is CVE-2024-42298?

CVE-2024-42298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-42298?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-42298

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th 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 075c7125b11c72e7933401d73000d6d151196072, 6.4, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42298?: CVE-2024-42298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-42298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.