CVE-2024-53230
Moderate
cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cppc_get_cpu_cost()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cppc_get_cpu_cost() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference, so check NULL for cppc_get_cpu_cost().
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 27, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-53230
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cppc_get_cpu_cost() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference, so check NULL for cppc_get_cpu_cost().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1975b481f644f8f841d9c188e3c214fce187f18b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1374bb8c5926674973d849feed500bc61ad535
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6be57617a38b3f33266acecdb3c063c1c079aaf7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd22d9839359829776abb55cc9bc4946e888704
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f05ef81db63889f6f14eb77fd140dac6cedb6f7f
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53230.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53230