CVE-2024-49962

Medium

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 ]

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 21, 2024
First seenOct 21, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.10.227, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.168, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.113, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.55, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.10.14, 6.11 ≤ v < 6.11.35.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3

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