fkie_cve-2024-42282
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-08-17 09:15
Modified
2024-08-19 19:53
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling Move the freeing of the dummy net_device from mtk_free_dev() to mtk_remove(). Previously, if alloc_netdev_dummy() failed in mtk_probe(), eth->dummy_dev would be NULL. The error path would then call mtk_free_dev(), which in turn called free_netdev() assuming dummy_dev was allocated (but it was not), potentially causing a NULL pointer dereference. By moving free_netdev() to mtk_remove(), we ensure it's only called when mtk_probe() has succeeded and dummy_dev is fully allocated. This addresses a potential NULL pointer dereference detected by Smatch[1].
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16f3a28cf5f876a7f3550d8f4c870a7b41bcfaefPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af6bd5c9901b13a26eaf4d57d97a813297791596Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling\n\nMove the freeing of the dummy net_device from mtk_free_dev() to\nmtk_remove().\n\nPreviously, if alloc_netdev_dummy() failed in mtk_probe(),\neth-\u003edummy_dev would be NULL. The error path would then call\nmtk_free_dev(), which in turn called free_netdev() assuming dummy_dev\nwas allocated (but it was not), potentially causing a NULL pointer\ndereference.\n\nBy moving free_netdev() to mtk_remove(), we ensure it\u0027s only called when\nmtk_probe() has succeeded and dummy_dev is fully allocated. This\naddresses a potential NULL pointer dereference detected by Smatch[1]."
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net: mediatek: corrige la posible desreferencia del puntero NULL en el manejo del net_device ficticio. Mueva la liberaci\u00f3n del net_device ficticio de mtk_free_dev() a mtk_remove(). Anteriormente, si alloc_netdev_dummy() fallaba en mtk_probe(), eth-\u0026gt;dummy_dev ser\u00eda NULL. La ruta de error luego llamar\u00eda a mtk_free_dev(), que a su vez llamar\u00eda a free_netdev() suponiendo que dummy_dev estuviera asignado (pero no lo estaba), causando potencialmente una desreferencia del puntero NULL. Al mover free_netdev() a mtk_remove(), nos aseguramos de que solo se llame cuando mtk_probe() haya tenido \u00e9xito y dummy_dev est\u00e9 completamente asignado. Esto soluciona una posible desreferencia de puntero NULL detectada por Smatch[1]."
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  "lastModified": "2024-08-19T19:53:45.483",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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