| Name | CVE-2024-39470 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events() In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL. Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.10.218-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.94-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.90-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.8.12-1 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 6.9.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | bookworm | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.9.7-1 |
[bookworm] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/d4e9a968738bf66d3bb852dd5588d4c7afd6d7f4 (6.10-rc1)