CVE-2024-40928: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-40928 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 13.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12Timeline
- 12-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethtool: fix the error condition in ethtool_get_phy_stats_ethtool() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: net/ethtool/ioctl.c:line 2233, column 2 Called function pointer is null (null dereference). Return '-EOPNOTSUPP' when 'ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats' is NULL to fix this typo error.
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
0.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
14%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.23% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
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≥ c882f2178f22f3740e20a6bd6b8df1c0500301bf, < 25504f7fe60058b2a9553a9e424fb7dd9683843e | ≥ 72d1c4a07780e24827c29bad203a1167d67181ed, < c3ba0557ab2ef15a3663e2fb9b1a3d628a8c3daa | ≥ 981c6e178cf333ac9568665e6d786f795f5cb3ad, < f9e57e7ca77393b5b7072800370370b02eaad0f8 | ≥ 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 6548d543a27449a1a3d8079925de93f5764d6f22 | ≥ 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 92196be82a4eb61813833dc62876fd198ae51ab1 | ≥ 201ed315f9676809cd5b20a39206e964106d4f27, < 0dcc53abf58d572d34c5313de85f607cd33fc691 | 6.2
- linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.35 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.6 | 6.10:rc1 | 6.10:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.9.7-1
3 vendors · 95 products
