5.5

CVE-2024-40973: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40973DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40973
Published 12-07-2024Last modified 23-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-40973 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.5% 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
0.29%
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 24
DLA-4193-1DSA-5900-1SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

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

Ubuntu116 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-130.140 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1076.83 | < 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144 | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < 19ef02106c990bf4235365a08b9d8d2fee37272a | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < f066882293b5ad359e44c4ed24ab1811ffb0b354 | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < 3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < 53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b | 4.10
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.36 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.133-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 119 products

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