CVE-2024-38550 ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference
A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Kirkwood ASoC driver can cause a system crash when specific platform configurations are used.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-38550?
CVE-2024-38550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 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:
ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference
In kirkwood_dma_hw_params() mv_mbus_dram_info() returns NULL if CONFIG_PLAT_ORION macro is not defined. Fix this bug by adding NULL check.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38550?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38550?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-38550 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38550 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-38550, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38550, GHSA-r4g5-x2h5-r8gg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38550.