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Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-35916dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck()

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck() If due to a memory allocation failure mock_chain() returns NULL, it is passed to dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() resulting in NULL pointer dereference there. Call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() only if mock_chain() succeeds. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.85-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35916
Debian:13linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35916
Debian:14linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1011.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1006.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intel6.8.0-1007.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1009.9~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35916

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – before 0336995512cdab0c65e99e4cdd47c4606debe14ed62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – before 156c226cbbdcf5f3bce7b2408a33b59fab7fae2cd62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – before eabf131cba1db12005a68378305f13b9090a7a6bd62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – before 2295bd846765c766701e666ed2e4b35396be25e6
Linux Linux 6.1

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