clk: mediatek: clk-mt6779: Add check for mtk_alloc_clk_data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: mediatek: clk-mt6779: Add check for mtk_alloc_clk_data Add the check for the return value of mtk_alloc_clk_data() in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 12th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.4 and later · before 5.4.261
- linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.201
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.139
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.63
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.5.12
- linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.4affected
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before fbe466f06d4ea18745da0d57540539b7b36936aeaffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before 3994387ba3564976731179c4d4a6d7850ddda71aaffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before ca6d565a2319d69d9766e6ecbb5af827fc4afb2baffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before df1c4a9efa3f5b6fb5e0ae63890230dbe2190b7eaffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before a90239551abc181687f8c0ba60b276f7d75c141eaffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before f6a7c51cf07a399ec067d39f0a22f1817c5c7d2baffected · git
- 710774e048614c761a39a98e8d0fa75f688c83b6 and later · before 1f57f78fbacf630430bf954e5a84caafdfea30c0affected · git
- before 5.4not affected · semver
- 5.4.261 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.64-1 | 6.1.64-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.6.8-1 | 6.6.8-1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1f57f78fbacf630430bf954e5a84caafdfea30c0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3994387ba3564976731179c4d4a6d7850ddda71a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a90239551abc181687f8c0ba60b276f7d75c141e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ca6d565a2319d69d9766e6ecbb5af827fc4afb2b | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | df1c4a9efa3f5b6fb5e0ae63890230dbe2190b7e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f6a7c51cf07a399ec067d39f0a22f1817c5c7d2b | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fbe466f06d4ea18745da0d57540539b7b36936ae | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.64-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f57f78fbacf630430bf954e5a84caafdfea30c0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3994387ba3564976731179c4d4a6d7850ddda71a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a90239551abc181687f8c0ba60b276f7d75c141e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca6d565a2319d69d9766e6ecbb5af827fc4afb2b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/df1c4a9efa3f5b6fb5e0ae63890230dbe2190b7e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6a7c51cf07a399ec067d39f0a22f1817c5c7d2b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbe466f06d4ea18745da0d57540539b7b36936ae
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.