CVE-2024-40982

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a potential NULL pointer dereference in the ssb device uevent() function. This function attempts to convert the dev pointer to struct ssb device *, but it mistakenly dereferences dev before performing the NULL check, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference if dev is NULL. To fix this issue, the NULL check should be moved before dereferencing the dev pointer, ensuring that the pointer is valid before attempting to use it.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.