KEYS: prevent NULL pointer dereference in find_asymmetric_key()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: prevent NULL pointer dereference in find_asymmetric_key() In find_asymmetric_key(), if all NULLs are passed in the id_{0,1,2} arguments, the kernel will first emit WARN but then have an oops because id_2 gets dereferenced anyway. Add the missing id_2 check and move WARN_ON() to the final else branch to avoid duplicate NULL checks. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: prevent NULL pointer dereference in find_asymmetric_key() In find_asymmetric_key(), if all NULLs are passed in the id_{0,1,2} arguments, the kernel will first emit WARN but then have an oops because id_2 gets dereferenced anyway. Add the missing id_2 check and move WARN_ON() to the final else branch to avoid duplicate NULL checks. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d3b0706ada15c333e6f9faf19590ff715e45d1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b5b401ead95b5d8266f64904086c55b6024900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3322fa8f2aa40b0b3651034cd541647a600cc6c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70fd1966c93bf3bfe3fe6d753eb3d83a76597eef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3765b497a4f5224cb2f7a6a2d3357d3066214ee
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/47xxx/CVE-2024-47743.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47743