CVE-2024-27071
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27071
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27071.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-27071
- Downstream
- Published
- 2024-05-01T13:04:30Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T19:57:26.514309Z
- Summary
- backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
The "im" pins are optional. Add missing check in the hx8357_probe().
- References
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced7d84a63a39b78443d09f2b4edf7ecb1d586379b4Fixed67e578c8ff2d7df03bf8ca9a7f5436b1796f6ad1
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced7d84a63a39b78443d09f2b4edf7ecb1d586379b4Fixedb1ba8bcb2d1ffce11b308ce166c9cc28d989e3b9
Affected versions
v6.*
v6.7
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.8.1
Database specific
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