CVE-2024-38548: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-38548 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 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 24Timeline
- 19-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference In cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mhdp_state->current_mode, and there is a dereference of it in drm_mode_set_name(), which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Fix this bug add a check of mhdp_state->current_mode.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 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
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.25% on 19-09-2026
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< 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-40.40
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 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≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < 85d1a27402f81f2e04b0e67d20f749c2a14edbb3 | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < 89788cd9824c28ffcdea40232c458233353d1896 | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < ca53b7efd4ba6ae92fd2b3085cb099c745e96965 | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < dcf53e6103b26e7458be71491d0641f49fbd5840 | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < 32fb2ef124c3301656ac6c789a2ef35ef69a66da | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < 47889711da20be9b43e1e136e5cb68df37cbcc79 | ≥ fb43aa0acdfd600c75b8c877bdf9f6e9893ffc9b, < 935a92a1c400285545198ca2800a4c6c519c650a | 5.10
- linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 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 · 119 products
