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CVE-2024-56696: ALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc()
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: core: Fix possible NULL dereference caused by kunit_kzalloc()
kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without
NULL check may lead to NULL dereference.
Add NULL checks for all the kunit_kzalloc() in sound_kunit.c
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-56696
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/f5486bf8abfe778b368d8fd1aa655dc01d0013cahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfff486ecc79a72e9380e2d5e0ff234d5542d2f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad467a2b2716d4ed12f003b041aa6c776a13ff5