CVE-2024-49962 ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()

What is CVE-2024-49962?

CVE-2024-49962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()

ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0

ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49962?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49962?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-49962 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49962 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-51778, BELL-CVE-2024-49962, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49962, GHSA-p237-mjc7-7qqj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49962.