In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again Commit 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") leads a NULL pointer deference in cache_set_flush(). 1721 if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->root)) 1722 list_add(&c->root->list, &c->btree_cache); >From the above code in cache_set_flush(), if previous registration code fails before allocating c->root, it is possible c->root is NULL as what it is initialized. __bch_btree_node_alloc() never returns NULL but c->root is possible to be NULL at above line 1721. This patch replaces IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to fix this.
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Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:45:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again Commit 028ddcac477b ("bcache: Remove unnecessary NULL point check in node allocations") leads a NULL pointer deference in cache_set_flush(). 1721 if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->root)) 1722 list_add(&c->root->list, &c->btree_cache); >From the above code in cache_set_flush(), if previous registration code fails before allocating c->root, it is possible c->root is NULL as what it is initialized. __bch_btree_node_alloc() never returns NULL but c->root is possible to be NULL at above line 1721. This patch replaces IS_ERR() by IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to fix this.
Title bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-01-11T12:25:18.614Z

Updated: 2025-01-11T12:25:18.614Z

Reserved: 2025-01-09T09:50:31.739Z

Link: CVE-2024-48881

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-01-11T13:15:23.437

Modified: 2025-01-11T13:15:23.437

Link: CVE-2024-48881

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-48881 - Bugzilla