CVE-2024-42081

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

Description The issue concerns a NULL pointer check in the Linux kernel's drm/xe/xe devcoredump module. Specifically, it involves checking if 'coredump' is not NULL before assigning 'xe devcoredump snapshot *' and 'xe device *'. The problem and its resolution are described in a series of version updates (v2 through v5), which include fixing commit messages, defining variables before code, dropping return checks for coredump to xe, and modifying misleading commit messages.

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