What is CVE-2024-53205?

CVE-2024-53205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-53205?

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

Is CVE-2024-53205 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-53205

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: realtek: usb: fix NULL deref in rtk_usb2phy_probe In rtk_usb2phy_probe() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th 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 134e6d25f6bd06071e5aac0a7eefcea6f7713955, eeda494542e55b603c7b80e14bfc5ee4ab7f9814, 6.6
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cku-heise/euvd-api-doc

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53205?: CVE-2024-53205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-53205?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-53205 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.