CVE-2024-53231
kernel: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 27, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw()
cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference.
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