What is CVE-2024-42303?

CVE-2024-42303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-42303?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-42303

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-pxp: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in pxp_probe() devm_regmap_init_mmio() can fail, add a check and bail out in case of error.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.3th 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 4e5bd3fdbeb3100d1f120999130afb2a7d41d82a, 6.3, 0
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42303?: CVE-2024-42303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-42303?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.