What is CVE-2024-38550?

CVE-2024-38550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-38550?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-38550

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: kirkwood: Fix potential NULL dereference In kirkwood_dma_hw_params() mv_mbus_dram_info() returns NULL if CONFIG_PLAT_ORION macro is not defined. Fix this bug by adding NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.14, 6.9.3, 6.6.33
Linux Linux_kernel

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38550?: CVE-2024-38550 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-38550?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.