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ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.323, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 5.4.285, 6.1.113, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.6.55
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-49962
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 00:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Oct 2024, 18:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
osv:CVE-2024-49962
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3
Complete source record
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