{"id":"AZL-51778","summary":"CVE-2024-49962 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.173.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()\n\nACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0\n\nACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause\nNULL pointer dereference later.\n\n[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]","modified":"2026-04-01T05:16:26.321340Z","published":"2024-10-21T18:15:17Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-49962"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49962"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15.173.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51778.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}