CVE-2024-38637
kernel: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode
If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places.
This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-99 · Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')