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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-53154

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: clk-apple-nco: Add NULL check in applnco_probe Add NULL check in applnco_probe, to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published