CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
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A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mpi3mr SCSI driver can cause a kernel crash when the driver's BSG (Block SCSI Generic) ...
Feb 27, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries/iommu subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial ...
Feb 27, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem allows kernel crashes when unsupported USB Bluetooth dongles are in...
Feb 27, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek MT7925 WiFi driver. When the mt7925_change_vif_links() func...
Feb 27, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's xHCI USB driver can cause kernel crashes when certain USB commands are aborted. This af...
Feb 27, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's imx-jpeg media driver. The issue occurs when the detach_pm() functio...
Feb 27, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ATA subsystem. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic (system c...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ibmvfc SCSI driver allows a crash during kexec/kdump operations on Power 9 systems with...
Feb 26, 2025A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's filemap subsystem can cause a NULL pointer dereference when handling sibling entries during concu...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AFS (Andrew File System) client allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial ...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC rt711-sdca audio driver can cause kernel panic when an I/O error occurs during ini...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture) subsystem allows local attackers to cause a kerne...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's BCM2835 SPI driver. When an IRQ-based SPI transfer times out, the er...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipw2x00 wireless driver. It could allow local attackers to cause a kernel p...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ALSA sound subsystem where the input_dev pointer could become NULL while being...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Venus media driver could cause kernel panic or system crash when specific error conditi...
Feb 26, 2025A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver (amdgpu) can cause kernel panics when the software SMU (System Managemen...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's OMAP DRM driver. An attacker could potentially cause a kernel panic ...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Intel Ethernet Connection (ice) driver. The vulnerability occurs whe...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MSM DRM driver could cause kernel crashes or denial of service. This affects systems us...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by trigg...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Cadence NAND driver of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel pani...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE addresses a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ALSA PCM subsystem. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic lead...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek MT7915 wireless driver could cause kernel panics or system crashes when proces...
Feb 26, 2025This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's MSM DRM/MDP5 display driver. When a deadlock occurs while acquiring the modeset...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Micrel PHY driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SPI-FSL-QSPI driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic lea...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Renesas pinctrl driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic ...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's hfi1 RDMA driver causes kernel panic when SDMA capability is disabled. This affects sys...
Feb 26, 2025A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's davinci_voicecodec driver could cause kernel crashes or system instability when the dri...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the iwlwifi driver's MEI component in the Linux kernel could cause kernel crashes or potential privilege e...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rtla (Real-Time Linux Analysis) tools. If exploited, it could cause ...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's F2FS filesystem driver where a stale list iterator pointer could be dereferenc...
Feb 26, 2025This is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's RAID0 implementation that can cause kernel panics and system crashes. It affect...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's 8250_aspeed_vuart driver. If platform_get_resource() fails and retur...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek MT6397 RTC driver. If platform_get_resource() returns NULL,...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver for Linux kernel allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by ...
Feb 26, 2025CVE-2022-49329 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's vduse (vDPA Device in Userspace) subsystem. When accessing the contro...
Feb 26, 2025A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ISP116x USB host controller driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (syst...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MMA8452 accelerometer driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of ...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CIFS/SMB2 implementation allows local users to cause a kernel panic or potentially esca...
Feb 26, 2025A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's PL031 RTC driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (system crash) when the...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's octeontx2 crypto driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of servi...
Feb 26, 2025This Linux kernel vulnerability allows privilege escalation when execve() is called with an empty argv (argument vector). It affects Linux systems whe...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Sound Open Firmware (SOF) subsystem for Intel platforms occurs when memory allocation f...
Feb 26, 2025This is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's watch_queue subsystem. It allows local attackers to trigger a kernel panic (den...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause ...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by tri...
Feb 26, 2025This CVE describes a Linux kernel bug on PowerPC systems where SLB (Segment Lookaside Buffer) faults incorrectly report read operations as writes in e...
Feb 26, 2025A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture) subsystem causes kernel panics during system shut...
Feb 26, 2025About NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
Our database tracks 1,258 CVEs classified as CWE-476, with 22 rated critical and 308 rated high severity. The average CVSS score for NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities is 6.1.
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