CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-50009

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's amd-pstate cpufreq driver, the return value of cpufreq_cpu_get() was not checked for NULL, leading to potential NULL dereference. The fix adds the check and returns on error.

Risk Assessment

May cause kernel crash (NULL pointer dereference) on systems with AMD processors, leading to system unavailability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. On AMD systems with amd-pstate cpufreq, verify stability after update.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it and return in case of error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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