CVE-2024-56773

kernel: kunit: Fix potential null dereference in kunit_device_driver_test()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 8, 2025

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kunit: Fix potential null dereference in kunit_device_driver_test()

kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add a NULL check for test_state.

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