tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2024-36481
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field() btf_find_struct_member() might return NULL or an error via the ERR_PTR() macro. However, its caller in parse_btf_field() only checks for the NULL condition. Fix this by using IS_ERR() and returning the error up the stack.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected c440adfbe30257dde905adc1fce51131145f7245 < ad4b202da2c498fefb69e5d87f67b946e7fe1e6a ; affected c440adfbe30257dde905adc1fce51131145f7245 < 4ed468edfeb54c7202e559eba74c25fac6a0dad0 ; affected c440adfbe30257dde905adc1fce51131145f7245 < e569eb34970281438e2b48a3ef11c87459fcfbcb
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.6 ; unaffected 0 < 6.6 ; unaffected 6.6.33 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.9.4 ≤ 6.9.* ; unaffected 6.10 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD