{"id":"CVE-2024-41098","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error\n\nIf the ata_port_alloc() call in ata_host_alloc() fails,\nata_host_release() will get called.\n\nHowever, the code in ata_host_release() tries to free ata_port struct\nmembers unconditionally, which can lead to the following:\n\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000003990\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 10 PID: 594 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #44\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:ata_host_release.cold+0x2f/0x6e [libata]\nCode: e4 4d 63 f4 44 89 e2 48 c7 c6 90 ad 32 c0 48 c7 c7 d0 70 33 c0 49 83 c6 0e 41\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000ebb968 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000041 RBX: ffff88810fb52e78 RCX: 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