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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-42303

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-pxp: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in pxp_probe() devm_regmap_init_mmio() can fail, add a check and bail out in case of error.

  • 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