Description

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

cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value

cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it
and return in case of error.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50009

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.03% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-15 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f250d44b8191d612355dd97b89b37bbc1b5d2cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493f9714e4cdaf0ee7cec15899a231400cb1a9f

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