CVE-2024-46685
kernel: pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference in pcs_get_function()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 13, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference in pcs_get_function()
pinmux_generic_get_function() can return NULL and the pointer 'function' was dereferenced without checking against NULL. Add checking of pointer 'function' in pcs_get_function().
Found by code review.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference