7.8

CVE-2024-38388: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38388DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38388
Published 21-06-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38388 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 15
MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266RHSA-2024:9315SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1

Timeline

  1. 21-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/cs_dsp_ctl: Use private_free for control cleanup Use the control private_free callback to free the associated data block. This ensures that the memory won't leak, whatever way the control gets destroyed. The original implementation didn't actually remove the ALSA controls in hda_cs_dsp_control_remove(). It only freed the internal tracking structure. This meant it was possible to remove/unload the amp driver while leaving its ALSA controls still present in the soundcard. Obviously attempting to access them could cause segfaults or at least dereferencing stale pointers.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu92 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3233b978af23f11b4ad4f7f11a9a64bd05702b1f, < 191dc1b2ff0fb35e7aff15a53224837637df8bff | ≥ 3233b978af23f11b4ad4f7f11a9a64bd05702b1f, < 6e359be4975006ff72818e79dad8fe48293f2eb2 | ≥ 3233b978af23f11b4ad4f7f11a9a64bd05702b1f, < 3291486af5636540980ea55bae985f3eaa5b0740 | ≥ 3233b978af23f11b4ad4f7f11a9a64bd05702b1f, < 172811e3a557d8681a5e2d0f871dc04a2d17eb13 | 6.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.1.93 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.33 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.94-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 95 products

References

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