CVE-2024-41084
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
cxl/region: Avoid null pointer dereference in region lookup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Avoid null pointer dereference in region lookup cxl_dpa_to_region() looks up a region based on a memdev and DPA. It wrongly assumes an endpoint found mapping the DPA is also of a fully assembled region. When not true it leads to a null pointer dereference looking up the region name. This appears during testing of region lookup after a failure to assemble a BIOS defined region or if the lookup raced with the assembly of the BIOS defined region. Failure to clean up BIOS defined regions that fail assembly is an issue in itself and a fix to that problem will alleviate some of the impact. It will not alleviate the race condition so let's harden this path. The behavior change is that the kernel oops due to a null pointer dereference is replaced with a dev_dbg() message noting that an endpoint was mapped. Additional comments are added so that future users of this function can more clearly understand what it provides.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0a105ab28a4de44eb738ce64e9ac74946aa5133b | affected | git | a9e099e29e925f8b31cfe53e8a786b9796f8e453 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0a105ab28a4de44eb738ce64e9ac74946aa5133b | affected | git | b8a40a6dbfb0150c1081384caa9bbe28ce5d5060 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0a105ab28a4de44eb738ce64e9ac74946aa5133b | affected | git | 285f2a08841432fc3e498b1cd00cce5216cdf189 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.37 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.9.8 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.9.* | None listed |
| 6.10 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |