CVE-2024-26770

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    CVE-2024-26770

    Published: 3 Apr 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing null pointer checks to LED initialization devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful by checking the pointer validity. [[email protected]: tweak changelog a bit]

    References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83527a13740f57b45f162e3af4c7db4b88521100, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6eda11c44dc89a681e1c105f0f4660e69b1e183, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e71cc4a1e584293deafff1a7dea614b0210d0443, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26770.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26770, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f
    Fixed -83527a13740f57b45f162e3af4c7db4b88521100

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