What is CVE-2024-36481?

CVE-2024-36481 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-36481?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-36481

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.

Published 2024-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions c440adfbe30257dde905adc1fce51131145f7245, 6.6, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36481?: CVE-2024-36481 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-36481?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.