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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-46803

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Check debug trap enable before write dbg_ev_file In interrupt context, write dbg_ev_file will be run by work queue. It will cause write dbg_ev_file execution after debug_trap_disable, which will cause NULL pointer access. v2: cancel work "debug_event_workarea" before set dbg_ev_file as NULL.

  • 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