CVE-2024-35891CWE-476

CVE-2024-35891

High · published May 19, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference

In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may

return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet.

Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00614 · 48.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2024-05-19T13:15Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.18, < 6.1.856.1.85
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.266.6.26
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.8.56.8.5
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAY 08:34Z
    net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference
    cvelistv5