PT-2024-8295 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Published

2024-01-23

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-27051

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to a NULL-dereference in the brcmstb-avs-cpufreq component of the Linux kernel. The cpufreq cpu get function may return NULL, and to avoid this, a check has been added to return 0 in case of an error. This issue could potentially allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-7511
AZL-40328
BDU:2024-09848
CVE-2024-27051
DLA-3842-1
DSA-5681-1
OESA-2024-1677
OESA-2024-1678
SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SUSE-SU-2024:4367-1
SUSE-SU-2025:0035-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
USN-6816-1
USN-6817-1
USN-6817-2
USN-6817-3
USN-6820-1
USN-6820-2
USN-6821-1
USN-6821-2
USN-6821-3
USN-6821-4
USN-6828-1
USN-6871-1
USN-6878-1
USN-6892-1
USN-6919-1
USN-7069-1
USN-7069-2
USN-7088-1
USN-7088-2
USN-7088-3
USN-7088-4
USN-7088-5
USN-7119-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu