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HistoryJul 30, 2024 - 7:47 a.m.

CVE-2024-42224 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list

2024-07-3007:47:05
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
net
dsa
mv88e6xxx
security vulnerability
cve-2024-42224
list_first_entry()

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list

Since commit a3c53be55c95 (“net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Support multiple MDIO
busses”) mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus() has checked that the
return value of list_first_entry() is non-NULL.

This appears to be intended to guard against the list chip->mdios being
empty. However, it is not the correct check as the implementation of
list_first_entry is not designed to return NULL for empty lists.

Instead, use list_first_entry_or_null() which does return NULL if the
list is empty.

Flagged by Smatch.
Compile tested only.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial