5.5

CVE-2024-38546: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38546DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38546
Published 19-06-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38546 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
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 25 · Related 22
DSA-5730-1MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1

Timeline

  1. 19-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: vc4: Fix possible null pointer dereference In vc4_hdmi_audio_init() of_get_address() may return NULL which is later dereferenced. Fix this bug by adding NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

Ubuntu127 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1013.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < 2d9adecc88ab678785b581ab021f039372c324cb | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < 6cf1874aec42058a5ad621a23b5b2f248def0e96 | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < 80431ea3634efb47a3004305d76486db9dd8ed49 | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < 42c22b63056cea259d5313bf138a834840af85a5 | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < 2a345fe928c21de6f3c3c7230ff509d715153a31 | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < bd7827d46d403f8cdb43d16744cb1114e4726b21 | ≥ bb7d78568814a31a11fa14f1479a9fe51f1582ad, < c534b63bede6cb987c2946ed4d0b0013a52c5ba7 | 4.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 5.10.219 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.161 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.93 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.33 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.12 | ≥ 6.9, < 6.9.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.94-1 | < 6.8.12-1

3 vendors · 130 products

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