Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU90507

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-35933

Published: May 31, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU90507

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35933

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1112-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-osp1 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1128-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-189-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-189-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1127-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1133-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1132-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1075-ibm (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_228-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_16-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-base
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-base
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-macros
kernel-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-189-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1040-iot (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1047-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1088-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1095-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi2 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1116-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kselftests-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
dtb-hisilicon
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-rockchip
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-altera
dtb-apm
dtb-xilinx
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-arm
dtb-sprd
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dtb-renesas
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
dtb-exynos
dtb-freescale
dtb-amazon
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-amlogic
dtb-cavium
dtb-allwinner
dtb-nvidia
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-marvell
dtb-mediatek
kernel-64kb-devel
dtb-socionext
dtb-qcom
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-amd
dtb-broadcom
dtb-lg
dtb-apple
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb
dtb-aarch64
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-116-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-116-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-116-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-116-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-116-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1035-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1048-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1058-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1058-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1060-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1060-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1060-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1063-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-38-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-38-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-38-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-38-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1006-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1007-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1007-intel (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-aws (Ubuntu package)
Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the btintel_read_version() function in drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2024-35933

Install update from vendor's website.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-35933

Detailed vulnerability description

How to mitigate CVE-2024-35933

Sources

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