CVE-2024-36481

kernel: tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 21, 2024

Updated · March 4, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field()

btf_find_struct_member() might return NULL or an error via the ERR_PTR() macro. However, its caller in parse_btf_field() only checks for the NULL condition. Fix this by using IS_ERR() and returning the error up the stack.

CVSS score applicability

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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-391 · Unchecked Error Condition