CVE-2021-47202

thermal: Fix NULL pointer dereferences in of_thermal_ functions

Published Apr 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thermal: Fix NULL pointer dereferences in of_thermal_ functions

of_parse_thermal_zones() parses the thermal-zones node and registers a
thermal_zone device for each subnode. However, if a thermal zone is
consuming a thermal sensor and that thermal sensor device hasn't probed
yet, an attempt to set trip_point_*_temp for that thermal zone device
can cause a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it.

console:/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone87 # echo 120000 > trip_point_0_temp
...
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
...
Call trace:
of_thermal_set_trip_temp+0x40/0xc4
trip_point_temp_store+0xc0/0x1dc
dev_attr_store+0x38/0x88
sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0xc0
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x108/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x2f4/0x368
ksys_write+0x7c/0xec
__arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x30
el0_svc_common.llvm.7279915941325364641+0xbc/0x1bc
do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0
el0_svc+0x14/0x24
el0_sync_handler+0x88/0xec
el0_sync+0x1c0/0x200

While at it, fix the possible NULL pointer dereference in other
functions as well: of_thermal_get_temp(), of_thermal_set_emul_temp(),
of_thermal_get_trend().

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8635-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8529-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8530-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8548-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:49 PM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2024, 9:12 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 10, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 10, 2024, 12:00 AM