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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference

CVE-2024-38573

Description

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

cppc_cpufreq: Fix possible null pointer dereference

cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() and hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate() can be called from different places with various parameters. So cpufreq_cpu_get() can return null as 'policy' in some circumstances. Fix this bug by adding null return check.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

157

Patches

0

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