๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-57988

MEDIUM 5.5

Bluetooth: btbcm: Fix NULL deref in btbcm_get_board_name()

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btbcm: Fix NULL deref in btbcm_get_board_name() devm_kstrdup() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in btbcm_get_board_name() is not checked. Add NULL check in btbcm_get_board_name(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Feb 27, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
f9183eaad91521ba1c04a19e5606ae61560a735e < df2f2d9199e61819cca5da0121dfa4d4cb57000f f9183eaad91521ba1c04a19e5606ae61560a735e < 74af8b9d0e79deefd2d43e14b84575839a849169 f9183eaad91521ba1c04a19e5606ae61560a735e < b88655bc6593c6a7fdc1248b212d17e581c4334e
Linux / Linux
6.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2f2d9199e61819cca5da0121dfa4d4cb57000f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74af8b9d0e79deefd2d43e14b84575839a849169 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b88655bc6593c6a7fdc1248b212d17e581c4334e