CVE-2024-35940pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before 98e2b97acb875d65bdfc75fc408e67975cef3041; from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before 0ff96ec22a84d80a18d7ae8ca7eb111c34ee33bb; from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before 635594cca59f9d7a8e96187600c34facb8bc0682; from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before ec7256887d072f98c42cdbef4dcc80ddf84c7a70; from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before 6f9f2e498eae7897ba5d3e33908917f68ff4abcc; from d26c3321fe18dc74517dc1f518d584aa33b0a851 before 98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8 | CNA record |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name) | before V1.1.1 | CISA ADP |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | before 5.10.215; from 5.11 before 5.15.155; from 5.16 before 6.1.86; from 6.2 before 6.6.27; from 6.7 before 6.8.6 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2b97acb875d65bdfc75fc408e67975cef3041patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff96ec22a84d80a18d7ae8ca7eb111c34ee33bbpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635594cca59f9d7a8e96187600c34facb8bc0682patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec7256887d072f98c42cdbef4dcc80ddf84c7a70patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9f2e498eae7897ba5d3e33908917f68ff4abccpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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