CVE-2024-27071
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backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference The "im" pins are optional. Add missing check in the hx8357_probe().
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 1, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-27071
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference The "im" pins are optional. Add missing check in the hx8357_probe().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67e578c8ff2d7df03bf8ca9a7f5436b1796f6ad1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ba8bcb2d1ffce11b308ce166c9cc28d989e3b9
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27071.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27071