CVE-2024-27071

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27071
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27071.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-27071
Downstream
Published
2024-05-01T13:04:30Z
Modified
2025-10-09T07:17:24.273541Z
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
Introduced
7d84a63a39b78443d09f2b4edf7ecb1d586379b4
Fixed
67e578c8ff2d7df03bf8ca9a7f5436b1796f6ad1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7d84a63a39b78443d09f2b4edf7ecb1d586379b4
Fixed
b1ba8bcb2d1ffce11b308ce166c9cc28d989e3b9

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

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
6.8.2