Bug 2320506 (CVE-2024-50009) - CVE-2024-50009 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get's return value
Summary: CVE-2024-50009 kernel: cpufreq: amd-pstate: add check for cpufreq_cpu_get&#39...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-50009
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2321091
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Reported: 2024-10-21 19:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-13 08:30 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:6966 0 None None None 2025-05-13 08:30:17 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:06:35 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-10-22 17:13:28 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102109-CVE-2024-50009-1b62@gregkh/T
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:30:16 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
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