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CVE-2024-42144: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Check NULL ptr on lvts_data Verify that lvts_data is not NULL before using it.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6.39; from 6.7 before 6.9.9 — fixed in 6.6.39, 6.9.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.39, 6.9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ef1a5593fdb8aa4dbccf6085c48f1739338bc9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1191a77351e25ddf091bb1a231cae12ee598b5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd7ae1cabfedd727be5bee774c87acbc7b10b886
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ef1a5593fdb8aa4dbccf6085c48f1739338bc9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1191a77351e25ddf091bb1a231cae12ee598b5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd7ae1cabfedd727be5bee774c87acbc7b10b886

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