CVE-2024-38571 thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel thermal driver can cause a system crash if debug features are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-38571?
CVE-2024-38571 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:
thermal/drivers/tsens: Fix null pointer dereference
compute_intercept_slope() is called from calibrate_8960() (in tsens-8960.c) as compute_intercept_slope(priv, p1, NULL, ONE_PT_CALIB) which lead to null pointer dereference (if DEBUG or DYNAMIC_DEBUG set). Fix this bug by adding null pointer check.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38571?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38571?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-38571 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38571 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-38571, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38571, GHSA-4wff-3rcm-c2fr, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38571.