PT-2024-8331 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Kunwu Chan · Published 2024-02-22 · Updated 2025-03-28 · CVE-2024-35940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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 pointer dereference in the psz kmsg read function. This can lead to a denial of service. The kasprintf() function returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory, which can be NULL upon failure. A null pointer check has been added to ensure the allocation was successful.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-09887

CVE-2024-35940

DLA-3842-1

OESA-2024-1680

OESA-2024-1681

OESA-2024-1682

SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1

USN-6893-1

USN-6893-2

USN-6893-3

USN-6898-1

USN-6898-2

USN-6898-3

USN-6898-4

USN-6917-1

USN-6918-1

USN-6919-1

USN-6927-1

USN-7019-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 4165

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35940.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2024-26817-amdkfd · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35997 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35898 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36006 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35959 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52645 · Vendor Advisory