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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-47688" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T11:53:28.526Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:53:40.177Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47688" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47688.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47688" title: "driver core: Fix a potential null-ptr-deref in module_add_driver()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndriver core: Fix a potential null-ptr-deref in module_add_driver()\n\nInject fault while probing of-fpga-region, if kasprintf() fails in\nmodule_add_driver(), the second sysfs_remove_link() in exit path will cause\nnull-ptr-deref as below because kernfs_name_hash() will call strlen() with\nNULL driver_name.\n\nFix it by releasing resources based on the exit path sequence.\n\n\t KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\n\t Mem abort info:\n\t ESR = 0x0000000096000005\n\t EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n\t SET = 0, FnV = 0\n\t EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n\t FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault\n\t Data abort info:\n\t ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n\t CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n\t GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\n\t [dfffffc000000000] address between user and kernel address ranges\n\t Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n\t Dumping ftrace buffer:\n\t (ftrace buffer empty)\n\t Modules linked in: of_fpga_region(+) fpga_region fpga_bridge cfg80211 rfkill 8021q garp mrp stp llc ipv6 [last unloaded: of_fpga_region]\n\t CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 2036 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-g6a0e38264012 #295\n\t Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n\t pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n\t pc : strlen+0x24/0xb0\n\t lr : kernfs_name_hash+0x1c/0xc4\n\t sp : ffffffc081f97380\n\t x29: ffffffc081f97380 x28: ffffffc081f97b90 x27: ffffff80c821c2a0\n\t x26: ffffffedac0be418 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffff80c09d2000\n\t x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000000\n\t x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000001840\n\t x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 1ffffff8103f2e42\n\t x14: 00000000f1f1f1f1 x13: 0000000000000004 x12: ffffffb01812d61d\n\t x11: 1ffffff01812d61c x10: ffffffb01812d61c x9 : dfffffc000000000\n\t x8 : 0000004fe7ed29e4 x7 : ffffff80c096b0e7 x6 : 0000000000000001\n\t x5 : ffffff80c096b0e0 x4 : 1ffffffdb990efa2 x3 : 0000000000000000\n\t x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : dfffffc000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000\n\t Call trace:\n\t strlen+0x24/0xb0\n\t kernfs_name_hash+0x1c/0xc4\n\t kernfs_find_ns+0x118/0x2e8\n\t kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x80/0x100\n\t sysfs_remove_link+0x74/0xa8\n\t module_add_driver+0x278/0x394\n\t bus_add_driver+0x1f0/0x43c\n\t driver_register+0xf4/0x3c0\n\t __platform_driver_register+0x60/0x88\n\t of_fpga_region_init+0x20/0x1000 [of_fpga_region]\n\t do_one_initcall+0x110/0x788\n\t do_init_module+0x1dc/0x5c8\n\t load_module+0x3c38/0x4cac\n\t init_module_from_file+0xd4/0x128\n\t idempotent_init_module+0x2cc/0x528\n\t __arm64_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x100\n\t invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258\n\t el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c\n\t do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c\n\t el0_svc+0x48/0xb8\n\t el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158\n\t el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194\n\t Code: f2fbffe1 a90157f4 12000802 aa0003f5 (38e16861)\n\t ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\t Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"28f5a08600d0ea6831629d450193c4045094e729","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b8e45b910525704010d10c9dcbf2abf3005aa97c"},{"version":"85d2b0aa170351380be39fe4ff7973df1427fe76","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4b5d48b7a29cc6d508121a4b4e0c97a891e5273c"},{"version":"85d2b0aa170351380be39fe4ff7973df1427fe76","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dcb9d581dee4c23f2378b6650511ece80dda4e2f"},{"version":"85d2b0aa170351380be39fe4ff7973df1427fe76","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"18ec12c97b39ff6aa15beb8d2b25d15cd44b87d8"},{"version":"51dacb1b0467b616463a334cbcd048f5710ba2aa","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.6.33","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.54"},{"version":"6.9.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.10"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.10"},{"version":"6.6.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.10.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*"},{"version":"6.11.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*"},{"version":"6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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