Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-27071

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

The "im" pins are optional. Add missing check in the hx8357_probe().

Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.8.2
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.8
osv-coords7 versions
pkg:linux/kernel pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0
>= 6.8.0, < 6.8.2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-9.1