5.5

CVE-2024-38619: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38619DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38619
Published 20-06-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38619 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.7% 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 40 · Related 34
DLA-4008-1DSA-5730-1DSA-5731-1RHSA-2024:6567RHSA-2024:7000RHSA-2024:7001

Timeline

  1. 20-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0 if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors in alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba(). - Add a member "media_initialized" to struct alauda_info. - Change a condition in alauda_check_media() to ensure the first initialization. - Add an error check for the return value of alauda_init_media().

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 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
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

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-262.296 | < 4.15.0-232.244 | < 5.4.0-195.215 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1139.145 | < 4.4.0-1177.192 | < 4.15.0-1176.189 | < 5.4.0-1132.142 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < e0aab7b07a9375337847c9d74a5ec044071e01c8 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < 51fe16c058acb22f847e69bc598066ed0bcd5c15 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < f68820f1256b21466ff094dd97f243b7e708f9c1 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < 3eee13ab67f65606faa66e0c3c729e4f514838fd | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < e0e2eec76920a133dd49a4fbe4656d83596a1361 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < 2cc32639ec347e3365075b130f9953ef16cb13f1 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < 24bff7f714bdff97c2a75a0ff6a368cdf8ad5af4 | ≥ e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, < 16637fea001ab3c8df528a8995b3211906165a30 | 2.6.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.16, < 4.19.317 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.279 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.221 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.162 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.95 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.35 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.6 | 6.10:rc1 | 6.10:rc2 | 6.10:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.99-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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