Weakness (CWE)
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished [REF-1484].
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Requirements
Select a programming language that is not susceptible to these issues.
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Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is non-null before acting upon it.
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Architecture and Design
Identify all variables and data stores that receive information from external sources, and apply input validation to make sure that they are only initialized to expected values.
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Implementation
Explicitly initialize all variables and other data stores, either during declaration or just before the first usage.
Source: MITRE CWE-476
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Medium 5.5
drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled It needs to check if the pp_funcs is initialized while release the context, otherwise it will trigger null pointer panic while th…
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Medium 5.5
media: venus: hfi: avoid null dereference in deinit
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: venus: hfi: avoid null dereference in deinit If venus_probe fails at pm_runtime_put_sync the error handling first calls hfi_destroy and afterwards hfi_core_deinit. As hfi_destroy sets …
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Medium 5.5
ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit When ath11k modules are removed using rmmod with spectral scan enabled, crash is observed. Different crash trace is observed for each cras…
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Medium 5.5
ice: always check VF VSI pointer values
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: always check VF VSI pointer values The ice_get_vf_vsi function can return NULL in some cases, such as if handling messages during a reset where the VSI is being removed and recreated. Se…
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Medium 5.5
drm/omap: fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/omap: fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix the following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_overlay.c:89:22-25: ERROR: r_ovl is NULL but dereferenced. Here shoul…
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Medium 5.5
drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereferences without iommu
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereferences without iommu Check if 'aspace' is set before using it as it will stay null without IOMMU, such as on msm8974.
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Medium 5.5
ALSA: pcm: Check for null pointer of pointer substream before dereferencing it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Check for null pointer of pointer substream before dereferencing it Pointer substream is being dereferenced on the assignment of pointer card before substream is being null checked…
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Medium 5.5
mtd: rawnand: cadence: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cadence_nand_dt_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: cadence: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cadence_nand_dt_probe() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after…
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Medium 5.5
drm/msm/hdmi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/hdmi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname() It will cause null-ptr-deref if platform_get_resource_byname() returns NULL, we need check the return value. Patc…
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Medium 5.5
drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind() It will cause null-ptr-deref in resource_size(), if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, move calling resource_size() after devm_…
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Medium 5.5
nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags In nvme_alloc_admin_tags, the admin_q can be set to an error (typically -ENOMEM) if the blk_mq_init_queue call fails to set u…
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Medium 5.5
mtd: rawnand: intel: fix possible null-ptr-deref in ebu_nand_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: intel: fix possible null-ptr-deref in ebu_nand_probe() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after devm_ior…
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Medium 5.5
drm/v3d: Fix null pointer dereference of pointer perfmon
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/v3d: Fix null pointer dereference of pointer perfmon In the unlikely event that pointer perfmon is null the WARN_ON return path occurs after the pointer has already been deferenced. Fix t…
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Medium 5.5
mt76: mt7915: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector routine if the chip does not support dbdc a…
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Medium 5.5
drm/msm/disp/dpu1: avoid clearing hw interrupts if hw_intr is null during drm uninit
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/disp/dpu1: avoid clearing hw interrupts if hw_intr is null during drm uninit If edp modeset init is failed due to panel being not ready and probe defers during drm bind, avoid clearin…
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Medium 5.5
mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash at mt7921_pci_remove
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash at mt7921_pci_remove The crash log shown it is possible that mt7921_irq_handler is called while devm_free_irq is being handled so mt76_free_device need to be po…
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Medium 5.5
spi: spi-fsl-qspi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-fsl-qspi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname() It will cause null-ptr-deref if platform_get_resource_byname() returns NULL, we need check the return value.
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Medium 5.5
net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens. A…
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Medium 5.5
thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe platform_get_resource() may return NULL, add proper check to avoid potential NULL dereferencing.
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Medium 5.5
soc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc The allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer, which would cause a null-pointer dereference later. …
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Medium 5.5
rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings AF_RXRPC's listen() handler lets you set the backlog up to 32 (if you bump up the sysctl), but whilst the preallocation cir…
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Medium 5.5
soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc() As the potential failure of allocation, devm_kzalloc() may return NULL. Then the 'pd->pmb' and the follow lines of code may bring null pointe…
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Medium 5.5
pinctrl: renesas: rzn1: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: renesas: rzn1: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after…
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Medium 5.5
pinctrl: renesas: core: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: renesas: core: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after…
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Medium 5.5
md: Don't set mddev private to NULL in raid0 pers->free
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: Don't set mddev private to NULL in raid0 pers->free In normal stop process, it does like this: do_md_stop | __md_stop (pers->free(); mddev->private=NULL) | md_free (free mddev) __md_stop …
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Medium 5.5
serial: 8250_aspeed_vuart: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_vuart_probe
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250_aspeed_vuart: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_vuart_probe platform_get_resource() may fail and return NULL, so we should better check it's return value to avoid a NULL p…
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Medium 5.5
scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference If sd_probe() sees an early error before sdkp->device is initialized, sd_zbc_release_disk() is called. This causes a NULL pointer dereference …
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Medium 5.5
rtc: mt6397: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: mt6397: check return value after calling platform_get_resource() It will cause null-ptr-deref if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, we need check the return value.
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Medium 5.5
powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer Sachin reported [1] that on a POWER-10 lpar he is seeing a kernel panic being reported with vPMEM when papr_scm probe is bei…
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Medium 5.5
drm/amdgpu/cs: make commands with 0 chunks illegal behaviour.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/cs: make commands with 0 chunks illegal behaviour. Submitting a cs with 0 chunks, causes an oops later, found trying to execute the wrong userspace driver. MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERR…
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Medium 5.5
scsi: lpfc: Address NULL pointer dereference after starget_to_rport()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Address NULL pointer dereference after starget_to_rport() Calls to starget_to_rport() may return NULL. Add check for NULL rport before dereference.
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Medium 5.5
vduse: Fix NULL pointer dereference on sysfs access
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vduse: Fix NULL pointer dereference on sysfs access The control device has no drvdata. So we will get a NULL pointer dereference when accessing control device's msg_timeout attribute via sysf…
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Medium 5.5
iommu/arm-smmu: fix possible null-ptr-deref in arm_smmu_device_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu: fix possible null-ptr-deref in arm_smmu_device_probe() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after devm_i…
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Medium 5.5
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu-v3: check return value after calling platform_get_resource() It will cause null-ptr-deref if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, we need check the return value.
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Medium 5.5
tty: synclink_gt: Fix null-pointer-dereference in slgt_clean()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: synclink_gt: Fix null-pointer-dereference in slgt_clean() When the driver fails at alloc_hdlcdev(), and then we remove the driver module, we will get the following splat: [ 25.065966] ge…
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Medium 5.5
USB: host: isp116x: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: host: isp116x: check return value after calling platform_get_resource() It will cause null-ptr-deref if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, we need check the return value.
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Medium 4.7
nbd: fix race between nbd_alloc_config() and module removal
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: fix race between nbd_alloc_config() and module removal When nbd module is being removing, nbd_alloc_config() may be called concurrently by nbd_genl_connect(), although try_module_get() w…
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Medium 5.5
f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: quota: fix loop condition at f2fs_quota_sync() cnt should be passed to sb_has_quota_active() instead of type to check active quota properly. Moreover, when the type is -1, the compiler …
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Medium 5.5
rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference When there is no interrupt line, rtc alarm feature is disabled. The clearing of the alarm feature bit was being done prior to allocations…
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Medium 5.5
drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes() In amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes(), amdgpu_dm_create_common_mode() is assigned to mode and is …