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CVE-2022-48879
MEDIUM5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix NULL-deref in init error path In cases where runtime services are not supported or have been disabled, the runtime services workqueue will never have been allocated. Do not try to destroy the workqueue unconditionally in the unlikely event that EFI initialisation fails to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score5.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published8/21/2024
Last Modified8/29/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
linux:linux_kernel
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-476
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ca71bc0e1995d15486cd7b60845602a28399cb5(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585a0b2b3ae7903c6abee3087d09c69e955a7794(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fcf75a8a4c3e7ee9122d143684083c9faf20452(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/703c13fe3c9af557d312f5895ed6a5fda2711104(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adc96d30f6503d30dc68670c013716f1d9fcc747(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ea55564229e4bea1474af15b111b3a3043b76f(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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