CVE-2024-53231
Moderate
cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference.
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-2024-53231
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65fe2f7fdafe2698a343661800434b3f2e51041e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a357b63fd21e4b2791008c2175ba7a8c235ebce1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a78e7207564258db6e373e86294a85f9d646d35a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e07570a8f2cfc51260c6266cb8e1bd4777a610d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9b39f1924b76abc18881e4ce899fb232dd23d12
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53231.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53231