CVE-2024-26770

kernel: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 3, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel during LED initialization in the devm_kasprintf() function, which returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory. This pointer could return NULL if the function fails, which could result in crashes or undefined behavior.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected because nvidia-shield code is not present in RHEL 8. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 not affected because the kconfig for the affected driver is not enabled.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-170 · Improper Null Termination