CVE-2024-42144 thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data

What is CVE-2024-42144?

CVE-2024-42144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jul 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/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data

Verify that lvts_data is not NULL before using it.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42144?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42144?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-42144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-49316, BELL-CVE-2024-42144, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42144, GHSA-ffrr-6f6g-mc3r, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42144.