CVE-2024-56767
kernel: dmaengine: at_xdmac: avoid null_prt_deref in at_xdmac_prep_dma_memset
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 6, 2025
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: at_xdmac: avoid null_prt_deref in at_xdmac_prep_dma_memset
The at_xdmac_memset_create_desc may return NULL, which will lead to a null pointer dereference. For example, the len input is error, or the atchan->free_descs_list is empty and memory is exhausted. Therefore, add check to avoid this.
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