CVE-2024-42235

Summary

CVE-2024-42235 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. This issue involves the functions crst_table_free() and base_crst_free(), which previously did not perform adequate checks for NULL pointers. The vulnerability could potentially be triggered if these functions are called with a NULL pointer, though such occurrences are considered rare in real-life scenarios. To mitigate this issue, NULL pointer checks have been added to both functions for consistency and to prevent potential memory-related issues.

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