Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-53078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tegra: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() check in probe() The iommu_paging_domain_alloc() function doesn't return NULL pointers, it returns error pointers. Update the check to match.

Published · last modified .

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 (7.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-53078: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 45c690aea8ee5b7d012cd593bd288540a4bfdbf0, 6.11, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.12

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53078?
CVE-2024-53078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-53078?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.