VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-36481

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.21%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2024-06-21

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field() btf_find_struct_member() might return NULL or an error via the ERR_PTR() macro. However, its caller in parse_btf_field() only checks for the NULL condition. Fix this by using IS_ERR() and returning the error up the stack.