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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-42074

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: amd: acp: add a null check for chip_pdev structure When acp platform device creation is skipped, chip->chip_pdev value will remain NULL. Add NULL check for chip->chip_pdev structure in snd_acp_resume() function to avoid null pointer 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