CVE-2024-44937

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Esta ejecuci\u00f3n se ve afectada en las tabletas Dell Venue 7140 al desacoplarlas del teclado, lo que hace que el controlador intente registrar priv->switches_dev dos veces, como se puede ver en el mensaje dev_info() que se registra dos veces: [83.861800] intel-vbtn INT33D6: 00: Registro de conmutadores virtuales Intel input-dev despu\u00e9s de recibir un evento de conmutador [ 83.861858] entrada: Conmutadores virtuales Intel como /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17 [ 83.861865] intel-vbtn INT33D6:00: Registro de conmutadores virtuales Intel input-dev despu\u00e9s de recibir un evento de cambio Despu\u00e9s del cual las cosas van muy mal: [83.861872] sysfs: no se puede crear un nombre de archivo duplicado '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f .0/PNP0C09:00/INT33D6:00/input/input17' ... [83.861967] kobject: kobject_add_internal fall\u00f3 para input17 con -EEXIST, no intente registrar cosas con el mismo nombre en el mismo directorio. [83.877338] ERROR: desreferencia del puntero NULL del kernel, direcci\u00f3n: 00000000000000018... Proteja intel-vbtn notify_handler() para que no corra consigo mismo con un mutex para solucionar este problema."}], "id": "CVE-2024-44937", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T07:53:15.830", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2024-44937", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T15:27:41.784213Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2024-08-26T11:15:05.753", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9618a3b6ea94cf7bdff7702aca8bf2d777d97b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e075c3b13a0a142dcd3151b25d29a24f31b7b640"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-476"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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