CVE-2024-35916: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sanitycheck() If due to a memory allocation failure mock_chain() returns NULL, it is passed to dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() resulting in NULL pointer dereference there. Call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() only if mock_chain() succeeds. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.1, before 6.1.85 (fixed in 6.1.85); from 6.2, before 6.6.26 (fixed in 6.6.26); from 6.7, before 6.8.5 (fixed in 6.8.5); version 6.9 only

Published 2024-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.