CVE-2024-46768

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL. Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Analyzed - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2024-09-18

Last modified

2026-05-11

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217539e994e53206bbf3fb330261cc78c480d311
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b19c83ba108aa66226da5b79810e4d19e005f12
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54da9df75cd1b4b5028f6c60f9a211532680585