5.5

CVE-2024-38637: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38637DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38637
Published 21-06-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38637 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% 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
0.23%
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 26 · Related 22
DLA-3840-1DSA-5730-1MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266USN-6951-1USN-6951-2

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: greybus: lights: check return of get_channel_from_mode If channel for the given node is not found we return null from get_channel_from_mode. Make sure we validate the return pointer before using it in two of the missing places. This was originally reported in [0]: Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240301190425.120605-1-m.lobanov@rosalinux.ru

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

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
  • linux< 4.15.0-231.243 | < 5.4.0-192.212 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1175.188 | < 5.4.0-1130.140 | < 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≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < 8f4a76d477f0cc3c54d512f07f6f88c8e1c1e07b | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < e2c64246e5dc8c0d35ec41770b85e2b4cafdff21 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < eac10cf3a97ffd4b4deb0a29f57c118225a42850 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < 330f6bcdcef03f70f81db5f2ed6747af656a09f2 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < 9b41a9b9c8be8c552f10633453fdb509e83b66f8 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < 518e2c46b5dbce40b1aa0100001d03c3ceaa7d38 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < 895cdd9aa9546523df839f9cc1488a0ecc1e0731 | ≥ 2870b52bae4c81823ffcb3ed2b0626fb39d64f48, < a1ba19a1ae7cd1e324685ded4ab563e78fe68648 | 4.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.9, < 4.19.316 | ≥ 4.20, < 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, < 6.9.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.94-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 130 products

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