MediumFix available
pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value. Found by code review.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.114, 6.11.5, 6.6.58
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-50069
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 29 Oct 2024, 00:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure but this returned value is not checked. Fix this lack and check the returned value. Found by code review.
osv:CVE-2024-50069
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.114, 6.6.58, 6.11.5
Complete source record
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