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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2021-47380

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: amd_sfh: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference devm_add_action_or_reset() can suddenly invoke amd_mp2_pci_remove() at registration that will cause NULL pointer dereference since corresponding data is not initialized yet. The patch moves initialization of data before devm_add_action_or_reset(). Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). [[email protected]: rebase]

  • 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