In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a907c113a8b66972f15f084d7dff960207b1f71d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5d4c7e76ba393d20366dfea1f39f24560ffb1d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb67e245dacd02b5e1d82733892647df1523982 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f282db38953ad71dd4f3f8877a4e1d37e580e30a cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102132-CVE-2024-49962-8d16@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49962 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49962 cve-icon
History

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

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Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:30:00 +0000

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References
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

Moderate

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
Title ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-10-21T18:02:14.418Z

Updated: 2024-11-19T01:12:47.925Z

Reserved: 2024-10-21T12:17:06.049Z

Link: CVE-2024-49962

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-22T13:35:02.337Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-21T18:15:17.353

Modified: 2024-11-08T16:15:35.413

Link: CVE-2024-49962

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-49962 - Bugzilla