CVE-2024-35800: efi: fix panic in kdump kernel
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-35800 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12Timeline
- 17-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix panic in kdump kernel Check if get_next_variable() is actually valid pointer before calling it. In kdump kernel this method is set to NULL that causes panic during the kexec-ed kernel boot. Tested with QEMU and OVMF firmware.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu82 products
- linux< 6.8.0-35.35
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1009.9
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ a8901f331b8b7f95a7315d033a22bc84c8365f35, < b9d103aca85f082a343b222493f3cab1219aaaf4 | ≥ bad267f9e18f8e9e628abd1811d2899b1735a4e1, < 9114ba9987506bcfbb454f6e68558d68cb1abbde | ≥ bad267f9e18f8e9e628abd1811d2899b1735a4e1, < 7784135f134c13af17d9ffb39a57db8500bc60ff | ≥ bad267f9e18f8e9e628abd1811d2899b1735a4e1, < 090d2b4515ade379cd592fbc8931344945978210 | ≥ bad267f9e18f8e9e628abd1811d2899b1735a4e1, < 62b71cd73d41ddac6b1760402bbe8c4932e23531 | ≥ 6.1.81, < 6.1.84 | 6.3
- linux_kernel≥ 6.1.81, < 6.1.84 | ≥ 6.3, < 6.6.24 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.12 | ≥ 6.8, < 6.8.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.85-1 | < 6.7.12-1
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