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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 28, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-56689

CVE-2024-56689

Description

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

PCI: endpoint: epf-mhi: Avoid NULL dereference if DT lacks 'mmio'

If platform_get_resource_byname() fails and returns NULL because DT lacks an 'mmio' property for the MHI endpoint, dereferencing res->start will cause a NULL pointer access. Add a check to prevent it.

[kwilczynski: error message update per the review feedback] [bhelgaas: commit log]

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