vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-35891: kernel: net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 19, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 19, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference
In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may
return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet.
Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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