CVE-2024-39470

eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events()

published June 25, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events()

In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer

that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform

some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL.

Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00213 · 11.1th percentile
Published
2024-06-25T14:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 14:28Z
    eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events()
    cvelistv5