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hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL. Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.10.10, 6.6.51
CVEs
CVE-2024-46768
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 15:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Sept 2024, 07:12 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL. Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

osv:CVE-2024-46768

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.51, 6.10.10

Complete source record
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