GHSA-P237-MJC7-7QQJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-21 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()

ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0

ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49962"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:43Z",
  "published": "2024-10-21T18:30:59Z",
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