CVE-2024-43821 - Null pointer dereference
CVE Information
Original CVE data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix a possible null pointer dereference In function lpfc_xcvr_data_show, the memory allocation with kmalloc might fail, thereby making rdp_context a null pointer. In the following context and functions that use this pointer, there are dereferencing operations, leading to null pointer dereference. To fix this issue, a null pointer check should be added. If it is null, use scnprintf to notify the user and return len.
Linux - (1)
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Null pointer dereference
Vulnerability weakness type is in the top 25 CWEs according to MITRE. View Mitre Top 25 CWEs
No exploit code is reported to exist.
Vulnerability is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog
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