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CVE-2024-56767

kernel: dmaengine: at_xdmac: avoid null_prt_deref in at_xdmac_prep_dma_memset

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

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 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference