CVE-2024-42282
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)
net: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mediatek: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dummy net_device handling Move the freeing of the dummy net_device from mtk_free_dev() to mtk_remove(). Previously, if alloc_netdev_dummy() failed in mtk_probe(), eth->dummy_dev would be NULL. The error path would then call mtk_free_dev(), which in turn called free_netdev() assuming dummy_dev was allocated (but it was not), potentially causing a NULL pointer dereference. By moving free_netdev() to mtk_remove(), we ensure it's only called when mtk_probe() has succeeded and dummy_dev is fully allocated. This addresses a potential NULL pointer dereference detected by Smatch[1].
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d5d57501f543f48df8b76a4af59def9a894b396f | affected | git | 81e82340170ae82f8cc28e76c13a0069c0d47cb4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b209bd6d0bffb8991aba568e2d9a892c86a1a43c | affected | git | af6bd5c9901b13a26eaf4d57d97a813297791596 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b209bd6d0bffb8991aba568e2d9a892c86a1a43c | affected | git | 16f3a28cf5f876a7f3550d8f4c870a7b41bcfaef | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.10.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.10.* | None listed |
| 6.11 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |