ghsa-mx2p-x42h-mmf6
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: extlog: fix NULL pointer dereference check
The gcc plugin -fanalyzer [1] tries to detect various patterns of incorrect behaviour. The tool reports:
drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c: In function ‘extlog_exit’: drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c:307:12: warning: check of ‘extlog_l1_addr’ for NULL after already dereferencing it [-Wanalyzer-deref-before-check] | | 306 | ((struct extlog_l1_head *)extlog_l1_addr)->flags &= ~FLAG_OS_OPTIN; | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~ | | | | | (1) pointer ‘extlog_l1_addr’ is dereferenced here | 307 | if (extlog_l1_addr) | | ~ | | | | | (2) pointer ‘extlog_l1_addr’ is checked for NULL here but it was already dereferenced at (1) |
Fix the NULL pointer dereference check in extlog_exit().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-52605"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-06T07:15:11Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPI: extlog: fix NULL pointer dereference check\n\nThe gcc plugin -fanalyzer [1] tries to detect various\npatterns of incorrect behaviour. The tool reports:\n\ndrivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c: In function \u2018extlog_exit\u2019:\ndrivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c:307:12: warning: check of \u2018extlog_l1_addr\u2019 for NULL after already dereferencing it [-Wanalyzer-deref-before-check]\n |\n | 306 | ((struct extlog_l1_head *)extlog_l1_addr)-\u003eflags \u0026= ~FLAG_OS_OPTIN;\n | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~\n | | |\n | | (1) pointer \u2018extlog_l1_addr\u2019 is dereferenced here\n | 307 | if (extlog_l1_addr)\n | | ~\n | | |\n | | (2) pointer \u2018extlog_l1_addr\u2019 is checked for NULL here but it was already dereferenced at (1)\n |\n\nFix the NULL pointer dereference check in extlog_exit().",
"id": "GHSA-mx2p-x42h-mmf6",
"modified": "2024-03-18T15:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-03-06T09:30:29Z",
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