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Linux Linux — net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0061 46.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ece19502834d84ece2e056db28257ca2aa6e4d48 – —
Linux 5.18 – 6.1.85
TIMELINE
May 17 Reserved by Linux
May 19 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-35891 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: micrel: Fix potential null pointer dereference
In lan8814_get_sig_rx() and lan8814_get_sig_tx() ptp_parse_header() may
return NULL as ptp_header due to abnormal packet type or corrupted packet.
Fix this bug by adding ptp_header check.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 17, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 19, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-35891 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | ece19502834d84ece2e056db28257ca2aa6e4d48 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.18 | 6.1.85 |
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