CVE-2024-35916dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck()
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.64%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 49% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck() If due to a memory allocation failure mock_chain() returns NULL, it is passed to dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() resulting in NULL pointer dereference there. Call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() only if mock_chain() succeeds. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.64% · top 49% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
- affected d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – < 0336995512cdab0c65e99e4cdd47c4606debe14e
- affected d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – < 156c226cbbdcf5f3bce7b2408a33b59fab7fae2c
- affected d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – < eabf131cba1db12005a68378305f13b9090a7a6b
- affected d62c43a953ce02d54521ec06217d0c2ed6d489af – < 2295bd846765c766701e666ed2e4b35396be25e6
- affected 6.1
- unaffected < 6.1
- unaffected 6.1.85 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.26 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.8.5 – ≤ 6.8.*
- unaffected 6.9 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0336995512cdab0c65e99e4cdd47c4606debe14e (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156c226cbbdcf5f3bce7b2408a33b59fab7fae2c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eabf131cba1db12005a68378305f13b9090a7a6b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2295bd846765c766701e666ed2e4b35396be25e6 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-35634 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-35916)Record last updated .