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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-42255

CVE-2024-42255

Description

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

tpm: Use auth only after NULL check in tpm_buf_check_hmac_response()

Dereference auth after NULL check in tpm_buf_check_hmac_response(). Otherwise, unless tpm2_sessions_init() was called, a call can cause NULL dereference, when TCG_TPM2_HMAC is enabled.

[jarkko: adjusted the commit message.]

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