What is CVE-2024-40962?

CVE-2024-40962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40962?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-40962

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: zoned: allocate dummy checksums for zoned NODATASUM writes Shin'ichiro reported that when he's running fstests' test-case btrfs/167 on emulated zoned devices, he'…

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 cbfce4c7fbde23cc8bcba44822a58c728caf6ec9, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.10

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40962?: CVE-2024-40962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40962?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.