CVE-2024-26942

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: qcom: at803x: fix kernel panic with at8031_probe On reworking and splitting the at803x driver, in splitting function of at803x PHYs it was added a NULL dereference bug where priv is referenced before it's actually allocated and then is tried to write to for the is_1000basex and is_fiber variables in the case of at8031, writing on the wrong address. Fix this by correctly setting priv local variable only after at803x_probe is called and actually allocates priv in the phydev struct.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 1, 2024
First seenMay 1, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.8.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.8 < v < 6.8.3, 6.96.8.3

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CVE-2024-26942 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar