CVE-2024-35940

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 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-476

Published

2024-05-19

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• debian:debian_linux
• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff96ec22a84d80a18d7ae8ca7eb111c34ee33bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635594cca59f9d7a8e96187600c34facb8bc0682
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9f2e498eae7897ba5d3e33908917f68ff4abcc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2b97acb875d65bdfc75fc408e67975cef3041

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