Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/a6xx: Check kzalloc return in a8xx_hfi_send_perf_table Check the return value of kzalloc() to prevent a NULL pointer dereference on allocation failure. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/721342/
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References2
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 4 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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