What is CVE-2024-26612?

CVE-2024-26612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-26612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-26612

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs, fscache: Prevent Oops in fscache_put_cache() This function dereferences "cache" and then checks if it's IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Check first, then dereference.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 9549332df4ed4e761a1d41c83f2c25d28bb22431, 5.17, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26612?: CVE-2024-26612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-26612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.