CVE-2024-56773 – Linux Kernel kunit Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

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CVE-2024-56773 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jan. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    kunit: Fix potential null dereference in kunit_device_driver_test()

    kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without
    NULL check may lead to NULL dereference.
    Add a NULL check for test_state.

    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/435c20eed572a95709b1536ff78832836b2f91b1
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d28fac59369b5d3c48cdf09e50275a61ff91202
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