CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-58051

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ipmi ipmb module did not check the value returned by devm_kasprintf(), which can be a NULL pointer on failure. The missing check may lead to invalid memory access.

Risk Assessment

An unhandled NULL pointer in a kernel module can cause a system crash (oops/panic) or other unexpected behavior.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that checks the return value of devm_kasprintf() in the ipmi ipmb module.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: ipmb: Add check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS