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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2021-47264

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: core: Fix Null-point-dereference in fmt_single_name() Check the return value of devm_kstrdup() in case of Null-point-dereference.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published