Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51778.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-51778
Upstream
Published
2024-10-21T18:15:17Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:16:26.321340Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2024-49962 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.173.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPICA: check null return of ACPIALLOCATEZEROED() in acpidbconverttopackage()

ACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0

ACPIALLOCATEZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause NULL pointer dereference later.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.173.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51778.json"