5.5

CVE-2024-38622: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38622DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38622
Published 21-06-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38622 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% 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
0.22%
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 14 · Related 12
MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1

Timeline

  1. 21-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: Add callback function pointer check before its call In dpu_core_irq_callback_handler() callback function pointer is compared to NULL, but then callback function is unconditionally called by this pointer. Fix this bug by adding conditional return. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/588237/

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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≥ c929ac60b3ed34accd25a052a4833e418900f466, < 873f67699114452c2a996c4e10faac8ff860c241 | ≥ c929ac60b3ed34accd25a052a4833e418900f466, < 9078630ed7f8f25d65d11823e7f2b11a8e2f4f0f | ≥ c929ac60b3ed34accd25a052a4833e418900f466, < 530f272053a5e72243a9cb07bb1296af6c346002 | 5.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.19, < 6.6.33 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.4
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 95 products

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