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CVE-2024-42248: tty: serial: ma35d1: Add a NULL check for of_node

• 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: 2024-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: ma35d1: Add a NULL check for of_node The pdev->dev.of_node can be NULL if the "serial" node is absent. Add a NULL check to return an error in such cases.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.5 before 6.6.41; from 6.7 before 6.9.10 — fixed in 6.6.41, 6.9.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.41, 6.9.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e0e15ab2d3a094a38525d23c03d78ec7d14a40e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23efa74cfe6eb923abb5b9bc51b2a04879013c67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acd09ac253b5de8fd79fc61a482ee19154914c7a

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