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CVE-2024-53231

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix possible null-ptr-deref for cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() may return NULL if the cpu is not in policy->cpus cpu mask and it will cause null pointer dereference.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9b39f1924b76abc18881e4ce899fb232dd23d12

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e07570a8f2cfc51260c6266cb8e1bd4777a610d6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a78e7207564258db6e373e86294a85f9d646d35a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a357b63fd21e4b2791008c2175ba7a8c235ebce1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65fe2f7fdafe2698a343661800434b3f2e51041e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-12-27

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00028

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