CVE-2024-35883: spi: mchp-pci1xxx: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in pci1xxx_spi_probe
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-35883 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11Timeline
- 19-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: mchp-pci1xxx: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in pci1xxx_spi_probe In function pci1xxxx_spi_probe, there is a potential null pointer that may be caused by a failed memory allocation by the function devm_kzalloc. Hence, a null pointer check needs to be added to prevent null pointer dereferencing later in the code. To fix this issue, spi_bus->spi_int[iter] should be checked. The memory allocated by devm_kzalloc will be automatically released, so just directly return -ENOMEM without worrying about memory leaks.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu88 products
- linux< 6.8.0-38.38
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1011.12
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 1cc0cbea7167af524a7f7b2d0d2f19f7a324e807, < 4b31a226097cf8cc3c9de5e855d97757fdb2bf06 | ≥ 1cc0cbea7167af524a7f7b2d0d2f19f7a324e807, < 95e5d9eb26705a9a76d2ef8bcba9ee2e195d653d | ≥ 1cc0cbea7167af524a7f7b2d0d2f19f7a324e807, < 1f886a7bfb3faf4c1021e73f045538008ce7634e | 6.2
- linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.26 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.5 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.8.9-1
3 vendors · 91 products