CVE-2024-39485: linux Improper Initialization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-39485 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Initialization vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7Timeline
- 05-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l: async: Properly re-initialise notifier entry in unregister The notifier_entry of a notifier is not re-initialised after unregistering the notifier. This leads to dangling pointers being left there so use list_del_init() to return the notifier_entry an empty list.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 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
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu84 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≥ b8ec754ae4c563f6aab8c0cb47aeb2eae67f1da3, < 87100b09246202a91fce4a1562955c32229173bb | ≥ b8ec754ae4c563f6aab8c0cb47aeb2eae67f1da3, < 1aa6cd4adfc0380fa1ccc2f146848940ff882a66 | ≥ b8ec754ae4c563f6aab8c0cb47aeb2eae67f1da3, < 9537a8425a7a0222999d5839a0b394b1e8834b4a | 6.6
- linux_kernelEOL< 6.6.34 | ≥ 6.9, < 6.9.5 | 6.10.0:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.9.7-1
3 vendors · 87 products
