5.5

CVE-2024-38615: cpufreq: exit() callback is optional

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38615DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38615
Published 19-06-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38615 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 25
DSA-5730-1MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266RHSA-2024:5101RHSA-2024:5102RHSA-2024:6744

Timeline

  1. 19-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: exit() callback is optional The exit() callback is optional and shouldn't be called without checking a valid pointer first. Also, we must clear freq_table pointer even if the exit() callback isn't present.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu124 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-192.212 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1130.140 | < 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≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < 2d730b465e377396d2a09a53524b96b111f7ccb6 | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < dfc56ff5ec9904c008e9376d90a6d7e2d2bec4d3 | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < 35db5e76d5e9f752476df5fa0b9018a2398b0378 | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < 8bc9546805e572ad101681437a49939f28777273 | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < 3e99f060cfd2e36504d62c9132b453ade5027e1c | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < ae37ebca325097d773d7bb6ec069123b30772872 | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < a8204d1b6ff762d2171d365c2c8560285d0a233d | ≥ 91a12e91dc39137906d929a4ff6f9c32c59697fa, < b8f85833c05730d631576008daaa34096bc7f3ce | 5.1
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.1, < 5.4.278 | ≥ 5.5, < 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 · 127 products

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