ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()
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 ]
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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 ]
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a907c113a8b66972f15f084d7dff960207b1f71d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5d4c7e76ba393d20366dfea1f39f24560ffb1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb67e245dacd02b5e1d82733892647df1523982
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f282db38953ad71dd4f3f8877a4e1d37e580e30a
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49962.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49962