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Unscored CVE-2024-47688 EUVD-2024-42608GHSA-8478-wgh8-m8mf

driver core: Fix a potential null-ptr-deref in module_add_driver()

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

driver core: Fix a potential null-ptr-deref in module_add_driver()

Inject fault while probing of-fpga-region, if kasprintf() fails in
module_add_driver(), the second sysfs_remove_link() in exit path will cause
null-ptr-deref as below because kernfs_name_hash() will call strlen() with
NULL driver_name.

Fix it by releasing resources based on the exit path sequence.

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000005
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[dfffffc000000000] address between user and kernel address ranges
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Dumping ftrace buffer:
(ftrace buffer empty)
Modules linked in: of_fpga_region(+) fpga_region fpga_bridge cfg80211 rfkill 8021q garp mrp stp llc ipv6 [last unloaded: of_fpga_region]
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 2036 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-g6a0e38264012 #295
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : strlen+0x24/0xb0
lr : kernfs_name_hash+0x1c/0xc4
sp : ffffffc081f97380
x29: ffffffc081f97380 x28: ffffffc081f97b90 x27: ffffff80c821c2a0
x26: ffffffedac0be418 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffff80c09d2000
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000001840
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 1ffffff8103f2e42
x14: 00000000f1f1f1f1 x13: 0000000000000004 x12: ffffffb01812d61d
x11: 1ffffff01812d61c x10: ffffffb01812d61c x9 : dfffffc000000000
x8 : 0000004fe7ed29e4 x7 : ffffff80c096b0e7 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffffff80c096b0e0 x4 : 1ffffffdb990efa2 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : dfffffc000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
strlen+0x24/0xb0
kernfs_name_hash+0x1c/0xc4
kernfs_find_ns+0x118/0x2e8
kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x80/0x100
sysfs_remove_link+0x74/0xa8
module_add_driver+0x278/0x394
bus_add_driver+0x1f0/0x43c
driver_register+0xf4/0x3c0
__platform_driver_register+0x60/0x88
of_fpga_region_init+0x20/0x1000 [of_fpga_region]
do_one_initcall+0x110/0x788
do_init_module+0x1dc/0x5c8
load_module+0x3c38/0x4cac
init_module_from_file+0xd4/0x128
idempotent_init_module+0x2cc/0x528
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x6c/0x258
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x22c
do_el0_svc+0x44/0x5c
el0_svc+0x48/0xb8
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
Code: f2fbffe1 a90157f4 12000802 aa0003f5 (38e16861)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.6.33 – < 6.6.54, 6.9.4 – < 6.10, 6.10 6.6.54

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.11.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.56.1-5 —

Advisories 23

References