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 ksmbd SMB server module allows attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) wh...
Sep 18, 2024This CVE fixes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability occurs when DC_LOG_...
Sep 18, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability occurs when the...
Sep 18, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's tracing/osnoise subsystem allows improper kthread_stop() calls on user space threads, causing ker...
Sep 18, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's PowerNV PCI hotplug driver causes a kernel crash when hot-unplugging PCIe devices on Po...
Sep 18, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's FOU (Foo over UDP) implementation allows denial of service through kernel panic when sh...
Sep 18, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's hp-wmi-sensors hardware monitoring driver. When the BIOS returns no event data f...
Sep 18, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's SMB server implementation. When processing SMB2_OPLOCK_LEVEL_LEASE operations, a...
Sep 18, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. Attackers could potentially cause...
Sep 18, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver within the Linux kernel. An attacker could potentially cause a kerne...
Sep 18, 2024Adobe Illustrator versions 28.6, 27.9.5 and earlier contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by...
Sep 13, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's video aperture subsystem can cause kernel panics when multiple PCI display devices are ...
Sep 13, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's pinctrl-single driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic o...
Sep 13, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's USB Type-C UCSI driver. The issue occurs when unregistering UCSI dur...
Sep 13, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NFS server (nfsd) can cause kernel panics when reading /proc/fs/nfsd/clients/*/states f...
Sep 13, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's memory controller (memcg) event control interface. An attacker with ...
Sep 11, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MMC (MultiMediaCard) test module. When the kernel fails to allocate ...
Sep 11, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MSM DPU display driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of servic...
Sep 11, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bonding driver that occurs when xfrm (IPsec) offload operations are ...
Sep 4, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's USB gadget core. If a USB gadget driver fails to properly set up end...
Sep 4, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver within the Linux kernel. An attacker could potentially cause a kerne...
Aug 26, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) client subsystem. When drm_mode_dupli...
Aug 26, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cs-amp-lib component. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic an...
Aug 26, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU display driver for Linux kernels allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic and system cra...
Aug 26, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. Attackers could potentially cause...
Aug 26, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel c...
Aug 26, 2024This CVE-2024-43906 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver (drm/amdgpu) in the Linux kernel. When user space provides an in...
Aug 26, 2024A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic or sys...
Aug 26, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's hardware monitoring (hwmon) subsystem occurs when sensor registration with a thermal zo...
Aug 22, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) when ...
Aug 22, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AXI DMA driver. When exceptional conditions occur, the axi_chan_hand...
Aug 21, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's xHCI USB driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic and system crash when th...
Aug 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD GPU driver within the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause a kernel panic...
Aug 21, 2024A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ARM SMMUv3 IOMMU driver where improper shutdown handling could cause NULL pointer dereferences. This affects sys...
Aug 21, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's WiFi subsystem (mac80211) where a NULL pointer dereference can occur during AMPDU session handlin...
Aug 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's PCI endpoint subsystem. The flaw occurs in the vpci_scan_bus() funct...
Aug 21, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's remoteproc driver for i.MX processors. The vulnerability occurs when...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ethtool PSE-PD subsystem. When a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) supp...
Aug 17, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC AMD driver occurs when acpi_get_first_physical_node() returns NULL, but the code d...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's PCI endpoint framework test function. The issue could cause kernel p...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE addresses a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the AMD display driver component of the Linux kernel. If exploited, it could cause kern...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's QXL graphics driver. If the drm_cvt_mode() function fails and return...
Aug 17, 2024A memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's lpfc SCSI driver could cause kernel crashes on big-endian systems when accessing zoned FCP tar...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's fsl_qmc_audio driver. If devm_kasprintf() fails and returns NULL, th...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CIFS/SMB client implementation. During error handling in the init_ci...
Aug 17, 2024This CVE describes a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's drm/gma500 graphics driver. If exploited, it could cause a kernel pa...
Aug 17, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's QLogic Fibre Channel driver (qla2xxx) can cause kernel crashes when NVMe over Fabrics r...
Aug 17, 2024A race condition in the Linux kernel's netfilter iptables NAT module allows a null pointer dereference during system boot when iptables-restore is cal...
Aug 17, 2024A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Spreadtrum IOMMU driver allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic or system crash....
Aug 17, 2024A race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem can cause a kernel panic when handling write errors. This affects systems using ...
Aug 17, 2024About 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 1,267 CVEs classified as CWE-476, with 23 rated critical and 316 rated high severity. The average CVSS score for NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities is 6.1.
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