vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-50009: kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 21, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value
cpufreq_cpu_get may return NULL. To avoid NULL-dereference check it
and return in case of error.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Solutions
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