CVE-2024-35857: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-35857 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 21Timeline
- 17-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() First problem is a double call to __in_dev_get_rcu(), because the second one could return NULL. if (__in_dev_get_rcu(dev) && __in_dev_get_rcu(dev)->ifa_list) Second problem is a read from dev->ip6_ptr with no NULL check: if (!list_empty(&rcu_dereference(dev->ip6_ptr)->addr_list)) Use the correct RCU API to fix these. v2: add missing include <net/addrconf.h>
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
62%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.97% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu116 products
- linux< 5.15.0-116.126 | < 6.8.0-40.40
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1065.71 | < 6.8.0-1013.14
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ d329ea5bd8845f0b196bf41b18b6173340d6e0e4, < 23b7ee4a8d559bf38eac7ce5bb2f6ebf76f9c401 | ≥ d329ea5bd8845f0b196bf41b18b6173340d6e0e4, < 599c9ad5e1d43f5c12d869f5fd406ba5d8c55270 | ≥ d329ea5bd8845f0b196bf41b18b6173340d6e0e4, < d68dc711d84fdcf698e5d45308c3ddeede586350 | ≥ d329ea5bd8845f0b196bf41b18b6173340d6e0e4, < 3e2979bf080c40da4f7c93aff8575ab8bc62b767 | ≥ d329ea5bd8845f0b196bf41b18b6173340d6e0e4, < c58e88d49097bd12dfcfef4f075b43f5d5830941 | 5.13
- linux_kernel≥ 5.13, < 5.15.158 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.90 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.30 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.9 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2 | 6.9:rc3 | 6.9:rc4 | 6.9:rc5
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.90-1 | < 6.8.9-1
3 vendors · 119 products
