CVE-2024-49962

low-risk
Published 2024-10-21

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package() ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0 ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (11)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a907c113a8b66972f15f084d7dff960207b1f71d
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5d4c7e76ba393d20366dfea1f39f24560ffb1d
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb67e245dacd02b5e1d82733892647df1523982
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f282db38953ad71dd4f3f8877a4e1d37e580e30a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal