CVE-2024-27037 clk: zynq: Prevent null pointer dereference caused by kmalloc failure

What is CVE-2024-27037?

CVE-2024-27037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: zynq: Prevent null pointer dereference caused by kmalloc failure

The kmalloc() in zynq_clk_setup() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we use snprintf() to write data to the null address, the null pointer dereference bug will happen.

This patch uses a stack variable to replace the kmalloc().

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27037?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27037?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-27037 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27037 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-40292, BELL-CVE-2024-27037, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27037, GHSA-xxgj-ggp4-xvhw, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-27037, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27037.