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CVE-2024-45002: rtla/osnoise: Prevent NULL dereference in error handling

• 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: 2024-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtla/osnoise: Prevent NULL dereference in error handling If the "tool->data" allocation fails then there is no need to call osnoise_free_top() and, in fact, doing so will lead to a NULL dereference.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.17 before 6.1.107; from 6.2 before 6.6.48; from 6.7 before 6.10.7; 6.11-rc1, 6.11-rc2, 6.11-rc3 — fixed in 6.1.107, 6.10.7, 6.6.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.107, 6.10.7, 6.6.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753f1745146e03abd17eec8eee95faffc96d743d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90574d2a675947858b47008df8d07f75ea50d0d0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abdb9ddaaab476e62805e36cce7b4ef8413ffd01
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc575212c6b75d538e1a0a74f4c7e2ac73bc46ac
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

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