Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powercap: intel_rapl: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

A NULL pointer dereference is triggered when probing the MMIO RAPL
driver on platforms with CPU ID not listed in intel_rapl_common CPU
model list.

This is because the intel_rapl_common module still probes on such
platforms even if 'defaults_msr' is not set after commit 1488ac990ac8
("powercap: intel_rapl: Allow probing without CPUID match"). Thus the
MMIO RAPL rp->priv->defaults is NULL when registering to RAPL framework.

Fix the problem by adding sanity check to ensure rp->priv->rapl_defaults
is always valid.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26975

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0641908b906a133f1494c312a71f9fecbe2b6c78
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b254feb249981b66ccdb1dae54e757789a15ba1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f73cf2ae5e0f4e629db5be3a4380ff7807148e6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1f5006ff95770da502f8cee2a224a1ff83866e

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