Security Advisory

CVE-2024-56689

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-12-28 09:46:15
Last updated 2026-05-11 20:57:20
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: endpoint: epf-mhi: Avoid NULL dereference if DT lacks mmio If platform_get_resource_byname() fails and returns NULL because DT lacks an mmio property for the MHI endpoint, dereferencing res->start will cause a NULL pointer access. Add a check to prevent it. [kwilczynski: error message update per the review feedback] [bhelgaas: commit log]